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The original poster is experiencing slow internet and intermittent disconnections on their HP EliteBook when using Wi-Fi at home, despite having a strong signal and working fine over LAN. The issue does not occur on other Wi-Fi networks, indicating a possible local network problem. A respondent humorously suggests that being too close to the Wi-Fi access point can cause signal issues, implying potential interference or signal strength problems as a possible cause.

ptcruiser

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Internet is very slow on HP EliteBook when I am on wifi at home and it disconnects me after a few minutes than it comes back. Signal is excellent, even if I am sitting next to the wifi router it doesn´t help. It works fine though with LAN cable. I use 2 other devices too through wifi at home and they are working perfectly fine. My laptop has Win7 Enterprise. It also works fine on other wifi networks. Any ideas? Thanks in advance!
 

patcooke

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Getting too close to a wifi access point can be as bad as getting too far away. It is a bit like sitting with your ear next to the speaker of a sound system on full volume - you just get blasted out.