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  • Roslynmuse
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    • Jun 2011
    • 1249

    WiFi Adaptor

    My rather elderly laptop (Windows 8! and seven years old - it didn't like the update to Windows 10 so I uninstalled that way back in 2016) has, over the past month, unexpectedly started showing the warning yellow triangle over the internet access bars. No pattern to this - today it had been on maybe half an hour, and working fine; other occasions it has been on all day. Plugging it into the router with an ethernet cable gets the connection back (the router itself is working) and so it looks as though the wifi adapter is cutting out unpredictably. Going to device settings tells me that the drivers are correctly installed and working properly, although they (it?) clearly are (is?) not. The adapter in question (Realtek rtl8188ee) seems, according to a quick Google search, to be a bit problematic generally, and uninstalling and reinstalling it hasn't made a lot of difference. The solution to getting the wifi to work again seems to be to shut down and start again which is a pain.

    Anyone else had a similar issue, and any advice?
  • Quarky
    Full Member
    • Dec 2010
    • 2672

    #2
    Is the router generating a reliable WiFi signal? Check with your mobile phone, or another laptop?

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    • Roslynmuse
      Full Member
      • Jun 2011
      • 1249

      #3
      Originally posted by Quarky View Post
      Is the router generating a reliable WiFi signal? Check with your mobile phone, or another laptop?
      Yes, it is - iPad and mobile both absolutely fine at the same time that the laptop stopped connecting.

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      • Quarky
        Full Member
        • Dec 2010
        • 2672

        #4
        I'm absolutely not an expert, but when I get this sort of apparently intractable problem, I find that the various help forums around can give a solution.

        Here is one such forum I found by searching for your Realtek adaptor::

        Please help! I had bought this HP Pavillion computer with the Windows 8.1 OS and did the upgrade to Windows 10 when it came out. My wifi had been working fine until a couple months ago. Now, I lose connectivity constantly. I have searched forums and tried everything I can find. I have the Realtek RT...

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        • Roslynmuse
          Full Member
          • Jun 2011
          • 1249

          #5
          Originally posted by Quarky View Post
          I'm absolutely not an expert, but when I get this sort of apparently intractable problem, I find that the various help forums around can give a solution.

          Here is one such forum I found by searching for your Realtek adaptor::

          https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebo...r/td-p/5529241


          Many thanks! Will see if a likely solution comes up.

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