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Mak0rz
Aug 2, 2008

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Problem description:
Sometimes after waking my computer from sleep weird network shenanigans happen. I don't really know how to describe it technically, but here's what I notice:
  • Web pages take a very long time to load ("waiting for response...") and, once loaded, media (images, etc) takes longer still in web browsers and Windows 10 apps.
  • Rarely, things don't load at all and I don't even get responses from ping commands. I assume pings are supposed to time out after a short amount of time, but that doesn't seem to happen either. Despite this, Windows does not report any problem with wifi connectivity.
  • Chrome really loving hates it when any of this happens and will straight-up freeze completely and do it so hard that no amount of ending the process can revive it (it doesn't open again if I try). If I want to use Chrome again I have to restart the computer.

I have no idea how to reliably reproduce it, but it happens very frequently and restarting the computer brings things back to normal. One thing I haven't tried yet is testing it over a wired connection, but the random nature of this would make it a crapshoot anyway. If that'll help diagnose a problem I'll get a cable and keep the laptop tethered to the router for a while for normal use because this is driving me loving nuts.

I also haven't tried pinging/accessing router when the rare "nothing loads" cases happen because I keep forgetting to. However, all other wi-fi devices on the network continue working as normal when this happens.


Attempted fixes:
Fiddled with the power/sleep options, updated drivers, wiped and reinstalled Chrome. I'm not really sure what I can do to try and tackle it, to be honest.


Recent changes:
None, really. This is a relatively new problem (started a couple months ago) but I don't recall making major changes to the system at any point unless a Windows update is to blame.

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Operating system:
Windows 10 Home 64-bit v1703 build 15063.296


System specs:
ThinkPad T540p
- Intel i5-4200M
- 8GB RAM
- Intel Dual band Wireless-AC 7260 (driver version 18.33.6.2, 2017-02-19)
- Samsung 850 EVO SSD


Location:
Canada


I have Googled and read the FAQ:
Yes


EDIT:
Alright the load nothing problem happened again. This time Windows actually reported a problem ("Connected, no internet access"). Trying to access the router via browser just timed-out. Trying to ping it shat out this:
code:
C:\Users\Mak0rz>ping 192.168.x.xxx

Pinging 192.168.x.xxx with 32 bytes of data:
No resources.
No resources.
No resources.
No resources.

Ping statistics for 192.168.x.xxx:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),
As usual, things returned to normal after restarting :iiam:

Mak0rz fucked around with this message at 00:54 on May 23, 2017

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Zogo
Jul 29, 2003

Try doing this:
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/windows-10-network-reset


Uninstall any antivirus software if you're running it too.

Mak0rz
Aug 2, 2008

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Zogo posted:

Try doing this:
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/windows-10-network-reset


Uninstall any antivirus software if you're running it too.

Thanks. I'm not running anything besides Windows Defender so we're good there.

I just gave the network reset a try so I'm crossing my fingers that it works. Didn't seem to kill my drivers though as they are still up to date.

Edit: Holy moly all of these WAN devices weren't here before (it was just the two Intel ones). What the heck happened?

Mak0rz fucked around with this message at 07:08 on May 23, 2017

Mak0rz
Aug 2, 2008

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Looks like it didn't work afterall. Happened again the first time it woke after the reset :shrug:

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