Windows 10: Wifi fades in and out at home location

Sounds like your roommate had the power turned down on the Wifi, or used some form of QOS scheme to restrict your connections. Not that hard to do. If they are paying for the Internet service, there is not much that you can do about it.

 

I actually sublet from her so in theory she should be more responsive towards providing Internet as a kind of utility (she's not very technical, I can't imagine she even knows how to tweak the router; I may just ask her to move it to the kitchen to where's it's in-between our rooms instead of in hers and see if that helps).

 

Never think that someone is not technical. You would be surprised how someone can act like they are not, but in reality they actually do know what they are doing. I use Channels 1 & 5, Bandwidth of 40 mhz for the Wireless-N A/P that I use. Channel 5 for the Wireless-b/g that I use for legacy wifi equipment that does not use Wireless N.

As long as the password has not been changed, it would be on the sticker on the side of the Gateway. The netsh wlan show all gives you basic info. A better tool is the inSSIDer app.

 

I don't think my housemate is pretending to be non-technical, in any case I did just run the Windows troubleshooter and got the following message:

Windows Sockets registry entries required for network connectivity are missing.

Don't know why this would only happen at home but I will look into solutions for this in the meantime.

 

Easiest way (no brainer with the added draw of all the other fixes it can offer):
Tweaking.com's Repair utility.

I used this when I unexpectedly found internet protocols missing over lunch when the PC was idle.

Just select Repair Network from the list of repairs.

This is a good tool- sadly people just shy away and seek a Windows only fix requiring tech assist to find the right commands.

Meanwhile, consider using System Restore or disk imaging so you can get yourself out of predicaments.

 

Ran the program (did power reset first, then repaired everything twice as per the instructions)...still fading in and out.

I'm going to ask housemate to move router into kitchen (between our rooms), I'm sick of this.

(Thanks for your help.)

 

Yep, must be a local issue rather than your PC.. good luck!