WiFi response difference between two similar machines

Paul,

I had not realised that you were using a pre-written browser utility.
I had thought you were pinging yourself.

It makes me wonder if all the work of setting up a PS script will get you any additional benefit.

Denis

It helps if I actually read the post information !!
Turns out I was looking at the wrong bit of the event viewer.....
Had not paid attention.
So now I have "Is the internet available: true"
Followed by "false"
585 events logged (oh yes, ridiculous here).

Paul

EDIT: I would still like to use your script if it avoids pinging, which as has been explained to me, I should avoid if possible.

Pavl said:

Changed save path to C:\Desktop\NetConnection.log

I think you are being misled by the way File explorer, ThisPC dispalys things.
Those 'folders' in ThisPC are not real folders. They are glorified shortcuts that have been given folder icons.

Paste this in your File explorer address bar [funny symbols and all]
C:\Users\%UserName%
and you'll see your real user folders inside that.
So the address of your Desktop is probably something like
C:\Users\Paul\Desktop
Put that in the script [but no funny symbols allowed].


Once you have edited the file to put in the Desktop path yourself, check the file will be treated as a local one by right-clicking on it, Properties & clearing the Block checkbox.
That should allow it to run.
And I should have remembered to say so before.

The proper way is to open an Admin PS window [right-click on the Start button & select it] then run this
Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
but you should clear that checkbox anyway & you do need to edit the script in Notepad to add the Desktop path so you might as well do it the easy way.


Denis

Pavl said:

It helps if I actually read the post information !!
Turns out I was looking at the wrong bit of the event viewer.....
Had not paid attention.
So now I have "Is the internet available: true"
Followed by "false"
585 events logged (oh yes, ridiculous here).

So another option for you is just to look at those Custom view results at the end of each day.
[You have not made any specific comments but I assume you have imported it - post #9]
They can be exported - look on the right-hand side of Event viewer:
Save all events in Custom view as...
Give the output file a name
Choose Save as type - CSV {which opens in Excel or any other spreadsheet & can later be saved as xlsx if you want to format or filter anything in it}.

Denis

Paul,

How do you know the problem is not your computer, your router, your cabling/WiFi between the computers-router?

Denis

Because ...
ADSL box replaced by Orange start of August.
Internal old cable replace by shielded cat5e few days ago.
External telephone line replaced by Orange a few days ago.
All diagnostic tests and "chat" operatives say it is the distance to exchange and age of line upstream.
Machines have both worked flawlessly elsewhere on a variety of different wifi connections for years now.
Used to commute England/Ireland/France and always had wifi fully functional.
Even the adsl box states that it cannot detect the network.

Paul
EDIT: Event viewer date/time
It seems I am not paying attention .....
The events I am seeing are all from last year.
Have looked at date/time on both machines and they seem to be correct to within a minute of each other.
No events from this year at all under 55 for UniversalTelemtryClient/Operational ....

And in a connection gap ...
Computer clock is 0.8 seconds ahead
Not too bad I think

Pavl said:

No events from this year at all under 55 for UniversalTelemtryClient/Operational ....

Click in the header of the date-time column once or twice to make sure you are seeing that latest events at the top of the list. And click on the Action menu, Refresh.
It would be very unusual for Event viewer to still have events from last year. It progressively cleans its records out. Mine, just for example, only has EventID 55 records back to 22nd Aug 2022.

Denis