My WiFi stops working every 10 minutes and it is most noticeable when I'm gaming. It disconnects me and then after a couple of seconds I'm back.

asked 2018-10-28 00:51:44 +0000

updated 2025-12-03 19:24:01 +0000

flag of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

23850 ●4 ●991 ●227 https://www.wireshark.org

I have decided to test how it looks like with Wireshark and I'm not really sure. The only thing that is doing for the entire duration is lines like:

4 3.000194 Cybertan_66:22:d1 Broadcast ARP 42 Who has 192.168.88.1? Tell 192.168.88.246 5 4.189537 Cybertan_66:22:d1 Broadcast ARP 42 Who has 192.168.88.1? Tell 192.168.88.246

and so on.

These stop as soon as I connect

please help

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answered 2025-12-03 19:21:09 +0000

grahamb

23850 ●4 ●991 ●227 https://www.wireshark.org

These are ARP broadcast requests sent by the machine with MAC address Cybertan_66:22:d1 and likely IP 192.168.88.246 looking for the machine with the IP address 192.168.88.1. As the target IP ends in .1 I would assume that's your router's local IP and the the requesting IP (.88) is your machine looking for the gateway.

I would guess that your router has failed in some way on the local side. Are there any logs in the router or status page that you can inspect?

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answered 2025-12-03 13:53:41 +0000

gielo

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You do not mention which Operating System and Make of PC you are using

Usually caused by: Outdated driver, Power sleep mode enabled on device.

Check for updated driver for Wifi Card Disable power save mode on Wifi card, within Operating system

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