How can moving a laptop around a room break a hardware driver for wifi?

[jabailo]

This is a strange one.

I have a brand new ASUS x205 which I updated to Windows 10 as soon as I could.

So far there has been one problem.

At the library where I sometimes go to work, there is a Quiet Room and a Lobby Area.

I started in the Quiet Room and connected to the Library's free wifi. No problems.

Then I picked up my laptop and moved to the Lobby. When I got there my browser stopped working and I noticed a red x over the network.

I did a troubleshoot and it said my Broadcom hardware was no longer functioning.
It could not repair the driver.
Rebooting did not fix it.
Deleting it did not fix it.

I brought it home and tried to connect to my home and it was still non-functioning.

Then I called ASUS support and they asked me to do a Reset.
The Reset fixed it (at the cost of having to reinstall several apps).

About one week later, I went through the same routine, same library, same two rooms....and it happened again!

Only way out (that I knew of) was the Reset!

How in the world could moving a laptop within a building cause a Wifi driver to malfunction!?

Note: I've also posted this question here:

http/answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-hardware/moving-laptop-around-library-breaks-broadcom/e11c55b8-5e5d-4d3f-866e-5056698eddd6

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

Stop taking your laptop to the library?

 

[CompGee]

^^HAHAHA 😛

 

[Hamperking68]

Guess i'm not the only one who falls asleep at a library.