USB Wireless Adapter Frequently Dropping Connection

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LordInTheNorth

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So, I have a desktop PC, I bought a usb wireless adapter for it last December. Up until a few months ago, my connection has been flawless. It used to disconnect once a week, then once a day, and now, it's gotten unbearable. It keeps dropping, at least twice an hour.

I'm running Windows 7, and I have a TP-Link (TL‑WN722N) and in the process of writing this, my internet dropped three times. I'm not very big on networking, and I've tried releasing and renewing my IP but that only fixes my problem for an hour, maybe two if I'm lucky.

I'm not sure what to do anymore. Other computers or devices on the network seem to not have any issues. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
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Just try a PCI card. It's also possible your router is just dying. They don't have a long lifespan, 2 -3 years at most on the cheap routers.
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Alec Mowat

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USB is really unreliable and slow for Wireless.

Buy a PCI-e card, it should run faster. You may also be getting interference from other electronic equipment.

Or I recommend just plugging it directly into the router via cat5e cable. It's faster, more reliable and more secure.
 
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LordInTheNorth

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i would move the router, but where it is the center of the house to allow for even distribution of the signal to all the other rooms, my family doesn't want to move it. Is there any way I can fix this problem without replacing the wireless adapter? I can't play any games like Dota or League or Hearthstone due to frequent disconnection.

Edit: Channel setting is 8.
 
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LordInTheNorth

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And if you don't mind me asking, Pyree, how might I do that?

Edit: Nevermind, I just understood what you meant. I set the channel to auto. Sadly, there's no change in the frequent drops.
 
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LordInTheNorth

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So, I can't set it to only wireless N, I can set it to Wireless N/G, and it appears that the firmware doesn't have any options for changing the GHz or channel width.

Edit: I'm not sure if this may help, but as I was looking for the settings you asked me to check, I came across some reports under the parental controls tab (even though i have all the parental controls off) and it's blocking a lot of UDP Packets; by a lot, I mean 3 or 4 every second.
 
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Just try a PCI card. It's also possible your router is just dying. They don't have a long lifespan, 2 -3 years at most on the cheap routers.
 
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