Why does my Wi-fi drop out?
QI am experiencing an odd problem with my Lenovo H30 desktop PC, which runs Windows 10 Pro with Creators Update (CU). I have a couple of hard drives that I recovered from redundant Sky TV boxes, and I connect these to my system using a Tecknet USB 3.0- to– SATA docking station. Prior to Creators Update this setup worked OK, but now, whenever I dock a drive, I lose internet connectivity within a few seconds. When I remove the drive, internet connectivity is restored soon after. Any ideas? Steve Harrison
AThis problem might be only tangentially related to CU, or even not at all. It’s not very well known that the USB 3.0 standard used by drive docks like yours can generate interference in the same area of the radio spectrum used by Wi-fi.
Changes introduced by CU or driver updates might have made your particular setup a little more susceptible to this interference, or it could simply be coincidence. Did you, for instance, recently switch the USB port you use for the dock? Or perhaps you’re using the PC or dock closer to your router? It could even be that a small break in the cable shielding has led to more interference leaking, resulting in these drop-outs when a drive is connected.
Try connecting the dock to a different USB, or moving it further from your router. Also, you could try a new USB cable.