Google Chrome breaking my wifi connection

Sparky_za

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Hey guys

Ok, this just sounds crazy, but I can reproduce the issue so bear with me.

Chrome running on Windows 10, I never have more than 5 or so tabs open, eventually just stops responding. Sometimes in a couple minutes, sometimes hours, but eventually it does. When this happens, my wifi connection becomes totally unusable. I cannot even ping my local router, or if it does reply its over 3000ms.

Kill Chrome and everything goes back to normal.

I've tried reinstalling, but no joy. It's the weirdest thing.

Maybe if I understood how Chrome is affecting the connection I could troubleshoot further, but I have no clue.

Any ideas? I could use another browser, but Google basically runs my life and I like the integration.
 

shooter69

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Hey guys

Ok, this just sounds crazy, but I can reproduce the issue so bear with me.

Chrome running on Windows 10, I never have more than 5 or so tabs open, eventually just stops responding. Sometimes in a couple minutes, sometimes hours, but eventually it does. When this happens, my wifi connection becomes totally unusable. I cannot even ping my local router, or if it does reply its over 3000ms.

Kill Chrome and everything goes back to normal.

I've tried reinstalling, but no joy. It's the weirdest thing.

Maybe if I understood how Chrome is affecting the connection I could troubleshoot further, but I have no clue.

Any ideas? I could use another browser, but Google basically runs my life and I like the integration.

Just to make 100% sure it is chrome maybe install Firefox and use that for a week to see if the issue persists. Uninstall chrome completely
 

sajunky

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These are typical Win10 networking woes, not related to Chrome.
You are a victim of using free beta software.
 

Sparky_za

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I usually use Linux, but dual boot due to 1 VPN client which I use.
Linux does work flawlessly.
Windows drives me nuts on the best days. Lol.
 
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