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Thursday, August 1st, 2024 4:47 PM

line trouble

I'm having my internet connection drop upwards of 5 times a day.

This has been going on for about 4 weeks and is getting worse.

I've restarted everything several times, forgotten and rejoined my wifi connection on my laptop, restarted the laptop, you name it.

It still happens.

I need a tech to come out and inspect my line outside.

How do I get that to happen?

Expert

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4 months ago

First. As a test, does a computer / device that is hardwired directly to the router / gateway device with an ethernet cable have the same problem ?


With this test, we are trying to isolate this down to being either a WiFi-only problem or a problem with the general connection to the Comcast system which would of course affect both. It's a good first step in troubleshooting before proceeding any further. 

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@EG​ I will do this and check - it may take a bit to see if it makes a difference but I'll. comment here when I know.

Thanks!

Expert

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107.1K Messages

4 months ago

Quite welcome !

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@EG​ My kid who is plugged in thru Ethernet has experienced zero drops while I have dropped at least twice since he's been online.

So, I guess it's wifi only. 

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4 months ago

@user_9e7442 

My pleasure !

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