Laptop only connects up close and personal

My router used to live a foot away from my laptop on my desk. I re-arranged my office and the homehub is now about 2 yards away. Laptop keeps dropping connection, saying there is no internet connection, not seeing any connections at all. It behaves the same in other offices or homes. Tried the usual stuff like changing channels or uninstalling/re-installing the network adaptor. May have to give laptop a **bleep** good thrashing. Any more sensible suggestions most gratefully received.
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fidelprk wrote:
My router used to live a foot away from my laptop on my desk. I re-arranged my office and the homehub is now about 2 yards away. Laptop keeps dropping connection, saying there is no internet connection, not seeing any connections at all. It behaves the same in other offices or homes. Tried the usual stuff like changing channels or uninstalling/re-installing the network adaptor. May have to give laptop a **bleep** good thrashing. Any more sensible suggestions most gratefully received.
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It sound like the wireless card has gone faulty.
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