Comments on: Chromebook Keeps Disconnecting from WiFi? (Fix It)

By: RusyKnight

RusyKnight — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 12:46:11 +0000

The first port of call on every post about wifi problems seems to be “Check for the latest update” have you actually tried that when your wifi is constantly going on and off?

I can tell you, it is impossible!

By: Mark Harris

Mark Harris — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 01:23:55 +0000

Hi.
4 yr old HP 14 Chromebook.
I go to same cafe daily..I have to go around in circles over and over go get connected to their (Coffee Bean) WiFi; to have their sign on page appear to appear/sign in.
There are a bunch over hurdles I must do first, sometimes 10 times seeing “No internet connection”.. I am no more that 25′ from store’s WiFi.. And others around room are not having this problem.. One way to log on is to first log on to ANOTHER store’s (nail lounge) WiFi some 65′ away, around corner !! This then sends me to Coffee Bean log in page !!!
I’ve tried many things including 2 power washes/system reset, but to no avail.
When I AM finally online, a few hours in and WiFi drops out with that spinning circle mid screen and I go through it all again.
I took device to a repair place 3 mi away and device logs right in to his WiFi, he thus assuring me that it’s not my antenna, since he and 15 other networks appear in network box !!…
Might you suggest a fix ??
Thank you..

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 10:17:16 +0000

In reply to oijkadsm. facts dude

By: oijkadsm

oijkadsm — Sat, 18 Dec 2021 00:45:19 +0000

As SOON as i read this my internet stopped disconnecting LOL

By: Teresa

Teresa — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 16:29:51 +0000

THANK YOU! Merely disconnected from internet from Chromebook and connected back up. Problem totally solved!! That easy!!!!!

By: Kishor

Kishor — Wed, 04 Aug 2021 05:50:54 +0000

Same issue as others, intermittent and laggy WiFi connection that disconnected every 1-2 minutes of usage. All IOS devices were unaffected and had stable connections.

My solution:

1. Renamed WiFi SSID on router to distinguish between 2.4ghz and 5ghz network. Chrome book connection was immediately stable on the 5ghz network and ran about 20% faster (40mbps on a 30mbps connection)

2. Tested several channels on 2.4ghz since all WiFi extenders run 2.4 ghz on my network. Channel 1 and 6 did not work. Channel 11 restored stable WiFi on chrome book but ran between 20mbps and 24mbps while connected to 2.4 ghz extenders.

Happy to report stable internet on my asus c434 chrome book on both 2.4 and 5ghz, depending on my location.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 22:19:54 +0000

You can’t check for updates unless you have internet access

By: Peter Kuykendall

Peter Kuykendall — Tue, 04 May 2021 19:23:15 +0000

Dead batteries will cause this, at least on our Chromebooks, which are running Linux. When the battery is dead the real time clock will default to some time far into the future. It will connect to WiFi OK, then get time via NTP from the Internet. When that happens it adjusts the clock back down to the correct time. That causes it to drop the WiFi connection, presumably because some packet timer is out of whack. It won’t fix itself. It will continue to happen every time you connect to the Internet.

One way you can work around it is to manually set the date to the current date, or something in the recent past (last few months, e.g. 1/1/20201).

I wrote a script that on boot-up sets the time to the recent past (Jan 1 2021), and then when it resets the clock forward it stays connected.

I don’t know why having NTP adjust the date forward keeps the network alive, but making a big backward adjustment disconnects.

By: Josh F.

Josh F. — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 22:27:06 +0000

Still facing these problems. It doesn’t disconnect from internet per se, but I cannot be in a Teams call for more than 1 minute, and it will start to disconnect. Then it reconnects and is fine for one or two minutes, then starts to cut out again.

By: Crankdango

Crankdango — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 21:56:43 +0000

None of this explains one thing about why all other operating systems can maintain reliable wireless connections to the same networks that Chromebooks can’t. Smells of a hardware issue Google can’t figure out.