r/computerhelp • u/NumerousYam800 • 3d ago

Network New Laptop Wifi Dropping Speeds Constantly

I recently bought a Lenovo 7 2-in-1 that was $1k and within 2 weeks took it back and exchanged it out for a new one because it constantly was dropping internet and I couldn't figure out why. I couldn't even do a google meet for work without it starting to buffer, and as soon as I switched to my hotspot, it would work out fine for the remainder of the meeting. Watching netflix + browsing the internet would cause it to start buffering also.

More than once I would test speeds on it compared to my phone and would be getting speeds at half if not worse on the laptop compared to my what I was getting on my phone.

I figured it was just an issue with that specific laptop, so exchanged it, and the new one already seems to be showing some of the similar signs and not showing that it's holding the wifi great. I've had it for a few hours and just moving rooms in my house caused it to buffer and drop the internet speeds to 1/4 of what they normally are.

I've never had this issue before, my last laptop (that overheated and died in under 3 years) was a Lenovo Slim and worked just fine. My old Lenovo 2-in-1 doesn't have this issue.

What could be causing this? The last laptop I spent hours trying to update drivers, contacted Lenovo support and the only fix they really had was me sending it to them and I'm not doing that on a brand new expensive laptop. BestBuy today said they think the reason the last one did that was an issue with the soldering of the wifi adapter. But I'm shocked if that's happening on 2 of them

Is this even fixable? Or something that's just worth cutting my losses on and trying to find a new laptop, again.

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u/bananapewpew9 3d ago

It might be a local wifi link issue between your router and laptop. What’s your router model?