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    J Sipin
    AskWoody Lounger
    January 17, 2019 at 12:36 am #312579

    Hi, I’m using Win10 1809. After updating wifi driver, my connection keeps dropping all the time, especially on a moving bus. I’m using a Samsung J5 as a hotspot.
    I’m from Finland, usually driving on main roads, so that shouldn’t cause any problem.  What to do?

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    • Paul T
      AskWoody MVP
      January 17, 2019 at 4:16 am #312634

      Can you revert to the old driver?

      cheers, Paul

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      • J Sipin
        AskWoody Lounger
        January 17, 2019 at 8:26 am #312732

        Same problem with older drivers too. It’s all about 1809, I guess. Any idea how to patch wifi more stable in current win version?

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    • mn–
      AskWoody Lounger
      January 17, 2019 at 9:54 am #312776

      I’d guess there were some rather significant changes to the driver structure again in 1809, from some of the problems I’ve seen… usually with people who Checked For Updates (and usually the quick fix involves rolling back to previous version)… so I’d hope there’d be a fresh driver package from the manufacturer or something.

      It’s just, at least HP’s user-friendly tool (HP Support Assistant) just fails to find the updated driver in some of these cases even when there’s one available from support.hp.com …

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    • Mr. Natural
      AskWoody Lounger
      January 17, 2019 at 10:47 am #312820

      One thing you might try is go to device manager, right click your wifi entry and check for updates. Sometimes Windows will have a different driver available than what is available from the manufacturer.

      Red Ruffnsore

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    • joep517
      AskWoody MVP
      January 17, 2019 at 5:44 pm #313091

      Do you have a problem if you are connected to a Wi-Fi router or a hotspot other than a cell phone?

      --Joe

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      • J Sipin
        AskWoody Lounger
        January 18, 2019 at 4:14 am #313271

        Noi, I don’t. Problem appears only connection between my phone (Samsung J5 2015) and laptop (HP Elitebook 840).

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    • Paul T
      AskWoody MVP
      January 19, 2019 at 3:16 am #313775

      Change the way you connect to the phone, or update the phone software?

      cheers, Paul

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    • anonymous
      Guest
      January 19, 2019 at 4:41 pm #314007

      Have you noticed if a few fellow passengers also use their commute time for cyber productivity? You may find a source of more information among those close to you that are making use of the same infrastructures. Look for frustrated faces.

      Personal interactions are frowned on in my own urban mass transit. Your locale may be more friendly. After you have updated and tested your own devices, this could be worth trying.

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    • J Sipin
      AskWoody Lounger
      January 22, 2019 at 8:20 am #315090

      Actually, what I did, I manually changed the mobile hotspot channel from my phone’s settings, and connection dropping ended. Thanks a lot guys for your advice! Janne

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