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Wi-fi: internet sharing keeps dropping off and on

Hi there,

Don't know if anyone here knows a solution to this, have been searching but can't really find the exact problem I'm having being talked about. I use internet sharing from my macbook ethernet connection to my Samsung mobile phone, but after every couple of minutes or so, the internet connection seems to drop. After a while it goes back on again (or the wifi resets automatically thus making the connection again). It also immediately comes back if I stop and start the wifi connection again.

I honestly don't know where the problem lies, the phone has no problem connecting to any other wifi point, only with the internet sharing from my macbook. Has anyone here experienced this and found a solution?

Posted on Mar 9, 2020 6:57 AM

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Mar 10, 2020 12:06 PM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

Thanks, it's definitely not the phone, I tried with another older android Samsung and have the same issue.

Dropbox is active, but it's not synching actively all the time, I've ran the free version of the program, don't see a lot what could be considered a problem, but thanks a lot for trying to help, guess this will remain a mystery for now

Mar 10, 2020 2:37 PM in response to tva_

The reason DropBox is on my hit list is that it is NOT a Mac-native Apple and when you it is running (whether it appears to be actively sync-ing or not) it reads your files incessantly again and again and again looking for things that might have changed. It also reads your stored stuff on the Internet incessantly looking for things that have changed. It can really chew up a lot of computer and Network resources for nothing.

... so much so that your Wi-Fi could stop responding to your phone.

tva_ Author

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Mar 9, 2020 7:35 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

Retina 13 inch - early 2015

2ghz intel core i5

Mojave 10.14.6

tva_ Author

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Mar 9, 2020 7:56 AM in response to tva_

Have changed it to 5ghz (sorry didn't know I could change that), will see if that makes a difference

tva_ Author

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Mar 9, 2020 8:19 AM in response to tva_

No change, still the same problem.

Mar 9, 2020 11:26 AM in response to tva_

¿are you within a reasonable distance of the MacBook Pro 13-in 2015 ?? any large obstructions like hunks of masonry, cement walls, brick chimneys?

Mar 9, 2020 12:24 PM in response to tva_

Are you in a very congested area, with lots of Routers nearby? it is very difficult to maintain a connection in that sort of environment.

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Mar 10, 2020 1:58 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

tva_ Author

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Mar 10, 2020 10:54 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

I've tried it, but anything for network you have to pay for the app it seems

Mar 10, 2020 11:32 AM in response to tva_

There is a free trial period, after which it may ask you for money, but you simply say "no thank you".

tva_ Author

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Mar 11, 2020 2:29 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

Turned it off for hours, no change, so unfortunately nothing to do with dropbox

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