From: CebuForumidiots@werfuckedup.com   
      
   Jeff Liebermann  wrote in   
   news:6b624elhh1ra2s628d4cti928ghn8shntb@4ax.com:   
      
   > On Wed, 16 Jan 2019 11:51:41 +0000 (UTC), wifidummy   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >>Any help appreciated. Is Jeff still around? Thanks.   
   >   
   > Yes, but I'm out of service until after Jan 22, when I schedules to   
   > have some kidney stones removed.  No brain for a few days.   
   >   
   > I don't know what's wrong with your setup.  Something is causing   
   > either your badly specified router or your equally badly specified   
   > Windoze 7 computah to disconnect the wi-fi.  That could be any of a   
   > dozen possible causes that I don't have the patience to slog through   
   > right now.  Starting with my best guess:   
   > - Crappy wireless router or router power supply.  Try to determine if   
   > the router is rebooting itself erratically.   
   > - Interference from microwave oven, wireless security camera, media   
   > player, or other streaming source of RF garbage.   
   > - Something wrong in your Win 7 machine, OS, wireless device, wireless   
   > driver, wireless connection manager, wireless performance monitor,   
   > etc.   
   > - Duplicate MAC address caused by  utility.   
   > - Whatever else I forgot.   
   >   
   > Good luck   
   >   
      
   You were right as usual. ipconfig reports device is not connected until I   
   eject the alfa adapter and reinsert, then I can get an IP, otherwise it   
   keeps trying to get an ip and fails. Maybe have to reinstall windows.   
   Once I am connected everything is fine.   
      
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