sorry router it's not you, maybe

wrote many times about how our router was having connection problems and how we needed to power-cycle to get it working again.

but i'm starting to think that our router is not to blame.

i'm starting to think that one of the laptops here is causing the router to turn off.

well, it doesn't technically "power off." the wi-fi light would turn off in some cases but even the wired desktop is not spared. it kicks us all out and stops connections.

good thing that a power-cycle still fixes the problem.

i'm starting to notice a pattern, narrowing down which devices are connected when it happens. and the problem happens while a particular laptop is online and they're browsing or whatever it is they're doing online with it.

it points to that one specific laptop.

all of this is speculation and i need to test it to be sure. problem is i don't want to have anything to do with that laptop. na-da. nil. zilch. i don't even want to ask.

i suspect some arrogant know-it-all somewhere tinkered with it before it was brought back here again, that they added a bad program or changed settings or set up a network or... i don't know. but i suspect it was the same person who messed up a brand new laptop when... nope, won't go into it, that's another story.

anyway, we'll just have to bear with it and keep on with power-cycling.

if my guess turns out to be spot on, i am sorry i blamed this on the router.

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