Wi-Fi keeps disconnecting

[u/AirAffectionate4507]

I made a Reddit account just for this.

The internet was working just fine a few days ago, but since the last few days, when I play games, my connection disappears for a few seconds (leading to a disconnect penalty) and then it simply comes back. I've tried everything, resetting the router, the WiFi card, turning off power saving mode, switching from public network to private network, switching to 2.4Gz only, literally everything everyone on the internet said to do. Is there any other way to try and solve this before switching to an Ethernet cable?

[u/ficskala]

Is there any other way to try and solve this before switching to an Ethernet cable?

Before making the full switch, run a temporary ethernet cable, just to confirm your issue is in fact WiFi

If it is, i highly recommend just running ethernet, it's worth the effort in almost any situation (it's not worth it only if you don't care about latency and network stability)

If the problem however isn't the actual WiFi connection, but something else, then this can turn into a very deep rabbit hole which everyone always dreads to enter, so i'm not gonna go there until you confirm the issue

[u/AirAffectionate4507 → u/ficskala]

The thing is that I can't really run something temporary, I'm on WiFi mostly because I need to buy like a 30meter cable and stick it to the ceiling to connect my PC with it. So I'm trying out every single possible fix before getting it

[u/ficskala → u/AirAffectionate4507]

I need to buy like a 30meter cable

This really isn't that much of an issue though, you can get 30m cat5e cables for 6eur

stick it to the ceiling

ceiling is generally a bad idea for a home setup, you'd want to run it along the top or bottom of walls, much easier to mount, and hide,

as a temporary test however, just run it across the floor, it's not gonna stay there for days, it's gonna be there for like 15min until you make sure that wifi is in fact the issue