Regular breaks in wi-fi

[#1]

@Brian5 

Further to the previous post PC with the hostname DESKTOP-6G3KL6J is making both a wired and wireless connection

08:57:40, 01 Sep. 5G Client associate from 50:84:92:02:8d:25 (IP=192.168.1.225) RSSI=0, Rate=0Mbps, host DESKTOP-6G3KL6J
08:57:39, 01 Sep. DHCP device Connected: 192.168.1.67, c0:25:a5:b2:8a:7f, DESKTOP-6G3KL6J

If you intend to use a wired connection I would turn off the wireless adapter or forget your local wireless network on the PC.

[#2]

@Dan_the_Van I may be behind the times, but do modern desktops have have wireless capabilities? It's a few years since I've used one, but I don't remember one that had it. 

[#3]

@jab1 

DESKTOP in the hostname does not necessarily mean it's not a LAPTOP

For the record the wired connection is a Dell product and wireless is a Intel chipped device.

Hopefully it's not two PC's with the same hostname.

[#4]

Didn't think of that possibility, @Dan_the_Van , so thanks.

[#5]

Thanks to all for your input. Just to confirm some things:

 - the PC is a traditional tower PC by Intel / Dell

 - I did have the wi-fi connection turned on, as well as Ethernet

 - I have now turned off the wi-fi connection

I will keep an eye out for any further trouble, but if there is still a problem I might not know about it, because my partner is now away for a while. One thing I didn't merntion is that when there was a problem, I noticed the lights on the wi-fi extender (D-Link AX1500) were red instead of white until the wi-fi break ended, so I will watch out for that again. 

[#6]

I noticed the lights on the wi-fi extender (D-Link AX1500) were red instead of white until the wi-fi break ended

Ah! a wifi extender in the mix. According to the manual a red light means 'error' or booting up. Can you try without the extender connected and see if the problem goes away ?

[#7]

Not a laptop here ...

Dell G5 5090 (it's a tower)

Network connectivity

Name: Ethernet
Description: Killer E2500 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Physical Address (MAC): E4-54-E8-76-DC-A0
Status: Operational

Name: WiFi
Description: Qualcomm QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Adapter
Physical Address (MAC): 40:23:43:26:3f:f5
Status: Not Present

(i.e. I've disabled the wireless adapter)

[#8]

Please don't take this any other way than humour related to the use (and the fluidity/uncertainty) of the use of the english language.

How much is a 'few'? More than a couple, certainly. More than a triad. But less than a handful (five)? Four?  Or could there be a 'country mile' (or metaphorical) version of a 'few' which is greater?

The desktop/tower I use was released onto the market five years ago - which, depending on how people (in general) define 'few', could be less or more than a few.

[#9]

I have a simple home set-up. Hub Two, 75mhz full fibre. I have had some trouble for a while, with breaks now and again in the wi-fi. 

Previous thread at: https://community.plus.net/t5/My-Router/Regular-breaks-in-wi-fi/td-p/2018847, which didn't resolve anything.

The latest is that I tried disconnecting the ethernet cable and instead connecting the PC on wi-fi. I have also been running NetUptimeMonitor on the PC so as to leave a trace if there's a problem. Finally today, after maybe a couple of weeks, there was a problem. I enclose a Word file with the logs for today from the router event log and NetUptimeMonitor, in the hope that you guys can spot something. These time are obviously the place to start:

06/11/2025 18:48:45   0:00:33

LAN Failed - No router response

06/11/2025 20:53:03   0:00:46

LAN Failed - No router response

I would be grateful for any help.

Moderator's note:
Threads merged to maintain context

[#10]

You claim a simple set up … and in your previous thread which was not concluded, you mention a dlink repeater.  Is that still in your setup?

[#11]

Yes, it's still there.