How to test Wi-Fi connection's stability?

How can I test the stability of a wireless connection for an specific time period, or test the stability of the connection in a rather longer time?

3 Answers

The simplest solution is probably to just start a ping and check for packet loss.

• Start the command prompt by pressing Win + R and typing cmd + OK
• Start a ping by entering the command ping -t 8.8.8.8
  • (This will ping Googles DNS server until you press Ctrl + C to cancel it)
• If you loose connection to the internet, you will get error messages.

To really make sure that it is the Wi-Fi adapter that is failing, it would be better to ping your default gateway. (Probably 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1)

Answer to the original question

The answer is really simple. Try another computer, laptop etc. If you want to check whether the usb adapter works fine, plug it in another device.

Now for the internal adapter try rolling back on a previous version. It doesn't necessarily mean that it is not compatible with windows 10, it might mean that the drivers crash. Try different versions and check if any of them work.

Had this issue in the past on a brand new laptop, and when I rolled back the drivers, everything worked fine.

Edit: Have you considered whether this is a Router's issue and not your adapters'? Do other devices get disconnected as well?

Update: There are lots of things that can cause this issue.

• If the problem is with your PC only, check your Firewall Settings, there might be something that's blocking your access. Try windows troubleshooting. You will be surprised how many times this helps, even though some consider it does nothing.
• If the problem is with your WiFi try a different channel in the router's WiFi settings.

Do you get the same issues when you use an ethernet cable? If yes then there is something wrong with your router. It might even be your ISP's issue. There are tons of things that can be wrong.

The following batch file will do a quick test and reset for you:

@echo off Rem Microsoft Windows 10 ping test to gateway. Rem Run batch file from an administrative command prompt. cls :starting Rem Send one ping to the gateway. Write the results to a file. ping 192.168.1.1 -n 1 > pingtest.txt Rem Search for unreachable in the file. c:\windows\system32\findstr.exe "unreachable" pingtest.txt Rem errorlevel 0 reset the adapter if 1 then wait 10 minutes and test again if %errorlevel%==1 goto waiting Rem unreachable was found reset the adapter. Rem write the date and time the reset was done. echo Reset date: %date% time: %time% >> resettimes.txt Rem issue netsh interface show interface to find your adapter's name to reset Rem my adapter is "wi-fi" netsh interface set interface "wi-fi" disable timeout /t 5 netsh interface set interface "wi-fi" enable :waiting echo "It is online waiting 10 minutes" timeout /t 600 goto starting