T4U v3 constantly disconnecting on 5GHz
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Bought an Archer T4U v3 recently and constantly experiencing disconnects on 5GHz wifi on Windows 10.
Every 30 mins or shorter, the dongle will disconnect from wifi and I can hear a sound in Windows like the USB device has been removed and reinserted.
My channel width is 80 MHz and I have tried channel 36 and 161. Experienced the same problem when my Asus AC68U router set to Auto so I decided to set fixed channels.
I am using the latest TP-link drivers from the Southeast Asia website. Also, every time I hear the sound like the driver is removed and reinserted, the driver switches back to the default driver in Windows ("TP-Link Wireless Adapter", date somewhen in Oct 2018).
I bought this adapter so it can work with 5GHz wi-fi in my room which my laptop and phone is working fine with.
Windows Wlan report shows the constant disconnects:
I have tried changing USB ports and computers too but the solution persists.
Any reason what is causing this problem? Thank you.
Thank you for your reply. My OS version is 1909 but I experienced the same problem on 1903 before upgrading too.
As for the adapter under Device Manager, I can't really see if it does not appear when I hear the sound as it disconnects (unplug sound) and reconnects (replug sound) very quickly. But I think I have seen it disappear in the past before when I was checking.
For the public driver, which driver should I install? When I load the Win10x64 folder under Device Manager > Update Driver > Have Disk, it gives me a long list of drivers. It does not appear to have the RTL8812BU driver, which I understand is the Archer T4U v3's chipset.
Technical support also linked me to another "Archer T4U V3_TP-Link driver_1030.22.0202.2018.zip" file. It appears to be the same version as the one downloaded from TP-Link's website. Are there any differences in the driver file?
Could this problem be related to the disance between the router and the adapter? I am not sure but the distance is actually not that great though, just a few steps, less than 100m for sure between the router in the living room and my room.
Thank you and good day.
