![]() ![]() AtĢ meters the strength drops to around 60% and at 3 meters goes down to 40%, causing Windows 8 to lose the connection and frantically attempting to reconnect. But for now, using the PassMark tool, signal strength is 70% with the Acer tablet at 1 meter away from the wifi router, in the same room with no other active wifi devices. I tested it with both tools and I will cross-check the scenario with another pc. I already tried to change the channel too. Yes, I am now using the very latest driver from Intel (15.3.50) with no apparent improvement. I searched the forums for similar problems but failed to find another case that can apply to mine.ĭavide Bedin, aKite Retail Web Services, This period of blindness I see the list of wifi networks in Windows 8 metro UI is rapidly changing, with the preferred wifi network appearing as listed just for brief period of time. If I attempt to regain access to the network, it always fails unless I return closer to the wifi router. Slightly away from the wifi router, even if the signal is still very strong according to inSSIDer, Windows 8 immediately looses the connection. Nothing seems to affect the issue that IMO is limited to the Acer tablet itself: as soon as I move it I already tried to reset the router, change the wifi channel, reset the client pc/network card I disabled the power saving options for the card etc. A wifi printer and a Kindle are present and they continue to work seamlessly in the same area/direction and at a farther distance,Ĭircumstances under which the Acer loses connection. The scenario applies to different routers: an older Netgear DG834G at 802.11g and a newer DGN2200v3 at 802.11n. During the past few weeks the system experienced loss of connectivity every time I moved it slightly farther than the usual 1-2 meters away ![]() Keep focus on testing by proposed Live Linux OS - it's the easiest way how to check it.I migrated an Acer Aspire 1420P to Windows 8 several months ago and it always worked properly with the wifi network. Maybe just crappy WiFi module, or something like this, but this is strange behavior. There is a possibility that the output of RX/TX part is broken so everything is working, but radio part of your WiFi module doesn't work.įrom my point of view: I think that this is HW failure. In case that it won't work, replace the module by different one or try this module in different notebook. Check cables connected to your WiFi module. In case that your problem will persist, it will be probably related to hardware (wireless card, antena, etc.).Ĥ. by actual versions from support pages maintained by ASUS but before that please check if your WiFi works or not). This image contains all necessary drivers and tools which can be pretty old but still must work (you can update drivers, etc. In case that Live Linux will work without any problems, try to restore your notebook to factory default from installation image - should be on your HDD if you didn't do re-partitioning (only if you bought your notebook with OEM Windows OS pre-installed). Just only in case that your wireless interface won't be visible in Linux Live the problem can be with missing driver on Linux Live - very rare.ģ. If not, the problem is somewhere else because in case of problem with Win driver, this Linux driver cannot have the same problem. If you will see the WiFi card and if you will be able to connect your WiFi network, check if the problem with radio and sensitivity still persists. Now you should be able to check your WiFi - all drivers (and especially for WiFi) are already included in your Live Linux. Restart your laptop and boot your Linux Live distribution and wait until it starts - in case of Ubuntu your laptop will start and Linux desktop will appear on the screen. I recommend some version of Live Ubuntu for this purposes - this can be done using actual OS or you can prepare it on different machine.Ģ. Download and create some Linux Live USB Boot Flash (or CD from ISO if you have CD-ROM only and doesn't have appropriate USB Flash Disk). ![]() Experimenting with drivers not recommended by vendor can be performed only after you fix your problem with radio - simply: Make it work purely as described in original documentation to simply verify if you're facing to some bigger problem or not. you should start your troubleshooting with drivers because wrong driver can cause many issues - especially if you use driver which is not offered by vendor of the notebook - in your case ASUS. Your problem with WiFi looks more like a hardware failure than software/driver issue.
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