XPost: alt.comp.hardware   
   From: wasbit@nowhere.com   
      
   On 27/02/2025 14:49, micky wrote:   
   > I've been having trouble with with the wifi receiver in my fairly old   
   > Acer laptop**, but, showing good foresight, years before I had any   
   > trouble, I bought a USB Wireless LAN card***   
   >   
   > The LAN card is made in China by a company I've never heard of but its   
   > entry in Device Manage says Realtek.  Is it really Realtek?  I see that   
   > name a lot but now I"m not sure it's for real.   
   >   
   >   
   > **For a couple years, the wireless would stop working after a couple   
   > weeks, so I'd connect a cable, then a couple weeks later, that would   
   > stop working so I'd disconnect it and use wifi.  And on in on.   
   >    But in recent months, I used only the cable. Getting ready for a trip   
   > to see my brother, I unplugged it and the wifi wouldn't connect.  I ran   
   > the troubleshooter and it said it couldn't find the problem, but it   
   > would Reset and restart windows and that might help, and restarting is a   
   > nuisance but each time it did all of that, I worked.  Five or 6 times   
   > until I had sleep or hibernate. Then I had to start over with the   
   > troubleshooter.  Any idea of how to fix this?.   
   >   
   > ***which may or may not be what's currently connecting versus the   
   > built-in lan card.   
   >   
      
   If you really have flakey wifi, turn it off & use a USB dongle.   
      
      
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   Regards   
   wasbit   
      
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