WiFi won't stay connected

[Jason Frix]

I got my Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 on February 13th, 2014 strictly for wifi use.. I brought it home and connected it to my wifi. Everything was great.. for about a day or two then every 15-20 seconds my wifi goes out. It says "not in range"... which is stupid cause I'm sitting literally 6 feet from my router. My phone works just fine and so does my PS3. When the tablet's wifi goes out like that, I pull down the notification bar and turn the wifi off then back on and that makes it work for about 20 seconds to a full minute if I'm lucky.. by the way it's happened 24 times so far just making this post so I'm sure you might understand how ridiculously frustrated I am. I've called samsung support 4 times and talking to them, if you can even understand what they're saying, is like trying to get my 3 week old newborn to teach me how to fix this tablet..

Does anyone else have this problem? Or had?
If so what do I do?

I really like everything else about this tablet, but this wifi crap is making me want to take it back to the store.

 

[tube517]

Have you rebooted the router? Also, how many devices use wifi in the house?

 

[Relgoshan]

Sounds like either defective wifi antenna or incompatible router, yes they exist.

 

[brosko]

Try it on public wifi and see if it behaves the same.

 

[Jason Frix]

Have you rebooted the router? Also, how many devices use wifi in the house?

Rebooted the router and it seems to be working fine now.. lol wish I had thought of that 3 weeks ago xD

 

[tube517]

Rebooted the router and it seems to be working fine now.. lol wish I had thought of that 3 weeks ago xD

Glad it worked. It doesn't always work but that is always the first thing I recommend. I have so many tablets, phones, computers that sometimes they get "knocked out" of the wifi signal and I have to reboot the router.

 

[orion430]

I thought I had the same problem with my tab 3.8.0 as the wi-fi signal said 'out of range' on my router but found others in the area. When I tried my PC that too could not find my router. Rebooted router and it worked ok but still loses it occassionally. Looks like a new router will be called for soon.

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