Wifi keeps dropping, I have tried everything, please help!
Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2018 12:17 am
Hello Dear Thinkpad users,
I bought a Thinkpad x1 carbon 3rd generation like a year ago. I have had no problems at all since I bought it, but then like 3 weeks ago, I started having problems with my wifi. It kept dropping and I don't even know why. So I started doing some research and there were a bunch of solutions I found online. I tried reseting the drivers, updating the drivers, reinstalling drivers, I pretty much reseted my ip, flushed my ip, reseted the network with the winsock commands etc. I called windows support as I thought it was a problem related to hardware, but when I told them I have tried everything, they told me that it was probably hardware related and that I had to call my OEM. I called lenovo and because I'm still under the warranty time frame, they accepted to send me a new wifi card. To my surprise, even with the new wifi card, the problem kept happening. I'm a data scientist and I use linux more than anything, so I decided to ditch the VM and to install Linux on my thinkpad, thinking it was probably going to fix my wifi issue. Now, after 2 weeks with linux, my wifi issue keeps happening. I don't know what to do anymore, I'm really desperate and this does not allow me to continue with my work and to be productive as I have to be worrying about the wifi dropping all the time. This happens at school, at home, at coffeshops, etc. so I know it is not my home wifi. What do you guys recommend? have you guys encountered a similar problem?
Any help I can get would be greatly appreciated.
I bought a Thinkpad x1 carbon 3rd generation like a year ago. I have had no problems at all since I bought it, but then like 3 weeks ago, I started having problems with my wifi. It kept dropping and I don't even know why. So I started doing some research and there were a bunch of solutions I found online. I tried reseting the drivers, updating the drivers, reinstalling drivers, I pretty much reseted my ip, flushed my ip, reseted the network with the winsock commands etc. I called windows support as I thought it was a problem related to hardware, but when I told them I have tried everything, they told me that it was probably hardware related and that I had to call my OEM. I called lenovo and because I'm still under the warranty time frame, they accepted to send me a new wifi card. To my surprise, even with the new wifi card, the problem kept happening. I'm a data scientist and I use linux more than anything, so I decided to ditch the VM and to install Linux on my thinkpad, thinking it was probably going to fix my wifi issue. Now, after 2 weeks with linux, my wifi issue keeps happening. I don't know what to do anymore, I'm really desperate and this does not allow me to continue with my work and to be productive as I have to be worrying about the wifi dropping all the time. This happens at school, at home, at coffeshops, etc. so I know it is not my home wifi. What do you guys recommend? have you guys encountered a similar problem?
Any help I can get would be greatly appreciated.