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Wi-Fi keeps dropping out

Narrowing down whether it is the device, the router, or the connection.

The useful first question is whether the problem affects one device or all of them, because that splits the possible causes in half.

  1. Check whether other devices drop at the same time. If only one does, the problem is with that device.
  2. Restart the router: unplug it, wait thirty seconds, plug it back in.
  3. See whether it only happens in certain rooms, which points to coverage rather than a fault.
  4. If you can, connect one device by cable. If the cable is stable, the issue is the Wi-Fi rather than the line.
  5. Note the times it drops — a regular pattern is a strong clue.

Bring those answers to a ticket and we can usually narrow it down quickly.

This is general guidance, not a guaranteed fix. The same symptom can have different causes on different machines. If you are unsure about a step, or it does not help, raise a ticket and tell us what you tried.