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My little brother has a computer and a chrome book, he says that his net drops occassionally.
we have an ASUS router, only about a year old or so, and works great with all my devices: Laptop, VITA, 3DS, PC.
my Grandmothers PC connects to it just fine as well, never drops, ever, but for some reason his chrome book and PC lose their connection occassionally, while NOTHING else in this house does, only him.
so does anyone know what the problem could be? it cant be the router cause the rest of us dont have any issues with it.
None of yall read what is said. Ya just essentially say it is my problem and tell me how to deal with it as if it were my problem, despite my telling you EXACTLY why it ISNT my problem. So i will not be asking people here questions anymore. Sucks too cause i regarded Cnet pretty well...not anymore.
I read your post and shared just one of many items it could be. I know consumers are more than upset over the non-support they get everywhere but here we can discuss what it can be but once in a while a new member flames out like this because they felt this must be the correct answer or disagreed with the answer.
Why not share what you think it is?
Why not return the product that is not working right?
Bob
Not your problem, you're only trying to help.
Things to try:
- a wired connection for his PC (and others) to have less load on the router
- a better wireless antenna for his PC
- try if his chromebook loses connection at other locations (a WiFi hotspot, a friend) too
- another location in the house, closer to the router (means: moving the router or moving your brother)
- a wireless extender if the previous point isn't possible
- data via the power line (the mains) in stead of wireless
- another router
- don't use wireless P2P (that's notorious)
- even better: don't use P2P (such as illegal downloads of movies) at all
Keep searching until you find a good solution for your brother.
Kees
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