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      <name>Jim Campbell</name>

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<title>Why does my wireless network keep disconnecting?</title>

You may find that you have been disconnected from a wireless network even

 though you wanted to stay connected. Your computer will normally try to

 reconnect to the network as soon as this happens (the network icon on the top

 bar will display three dots if it is trying to reconnect), but it can be

 annoying, especially if you were using the internet at the time.

<section id="signal">

 <title>ਕਮਜ਼ੋਰ ਬੇਤਾਰ ਸਿਗਨਲ</title>

 
A common reason for being disconnected from a wireless network is that you

 have low signal. Wireless networks have a limited range, so if you are too far

 away from the wireless base station you may not be able to get a strong enough

 signal to maintain a connection. Walls and other objects between you and the

 base station can also weaken the signal.

 
The network icon on the top bar displays how strong your wireless signal is.

 If the signal looks low, try moving closer to the wireless base station.

</section>

<section id="network">

 <title>Network connection not being established properly</title>

 
Sometimes, when you connect to a wireless network, it may appear that you

 have successfully connected at first, but then you will be disconnected soon

 after. This normally happens because your computer was only partially

 successful in connecting to the network — it managed to establish a connection,

 but was unable to finalize the connection for some reason and so was

 disconnected.

 
A possible reason for this is that you entered the wrong wireless

 passphrase, or that your computer was not allowed on the network (because the

 network requires a username to log in, for example).

</section>

<section id="hardware">

 <title>Unreliable wireless hardware/drivers</title>

 
Some wireless network hardware can be a little unreliable. Wireless

 networks are complicated, so wireless cards and base stations occasionally run

 into minor problems and may drop connections. This is annoying, but it happens

 quite regularly with many devices. If you are disconnected from wireless

 connections from time to time, this may be the only reason. If it happens very

 regularly, you may want to consider getting some different hardware.

</section>

<section id="busy">

 <title>Busy wireless networks</title>

 
Wireless networks in busy places (in universities and coffee shops, for

 example) often have many computers trying to connect to them at once. Sometimes

 these networks get too busy and may not be able to handle all of the computers

 that are trying to connect, so some of them get disconnected.

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