Weird laptop wifi issue

[Stoly]

So a few days ago I noticed that my work laptop which I use mostly at home, is having a weird wifi issue

If I disconnect the laptop from the AC outlet, it will loose wifi (even on a full charge), it will show as its connected but you can't surf or use the network at all, for example Facebook will show the network is not connected. Plug it back in and in starts surfing again within seconds. Also, restarting the laptop while disconnected, will solve the issue. If I disable/enable wifi the issue persists.

Any ideas?

 

[Brian_B]

Check power settings. Probably some power saving thing for the WiFi that is kicking in. Either in the advanced Power settings for Windows, or the driver for the WiFi card on Device Manager

The hint is that it changes with the power cord, and Windows will automatically change Power settings between on battery and plugged in

 

[Stoly]

Check power settings. Probably some power saving thing for the WiFi that is kicking in. Either in the advanced Power settings for Windows, or the driver for the WiFi card on Device Manager

The hint is that it changes with the power cord, and Windows will automatically change Power settings between on battery and plugged in

I'll check into that, I recently installed updates so that might have borked the power serttings, you know much windows loves to mess with settings after updates.