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Wifi access lost on PC randomly but ok in other devices

We have a PC that is connected to a WiFi.  On this WiFi also are connected iPads, iPhones, etc.  There are times, randomly maybe 1 or 2 a week, where the PC loses the WiFi connection and display image (see pix below).

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When this happens, the PC loses all connection to the web.  But the other devices works ok.

What can be causing this and how can we fix it?

Thank you in advance.
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The note is a bit over a year and for the last 6 month it's been in the same place and same wifi.

But the "Check the router ... renewing DHCP address leases" and "laptop's event logs" sound a way to go.

can you tell us where in the router we can check that and which event log would save these types of events?
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First get the user manual for the router.

Look through the user manual and find out how to get into the router's advanced setup pages.  From there, look for the DHCP setup page.  Note that some routers do not offer this information.

Side note:  DHCP is probably not the issue because every other device works correctly.

How to get at the laptop's event logs depends on what version of Windows is in use.
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windows 10.
But the other devices works ok.   <-- Should not be the router if all others work.

Try TCP/IP Reset

Open cmd.exe with Run as Administrator
Then  netsh int ip reset c:\resetlog.txt
Also, ipconfig /flushdns followed by net stop dnscache followed by net start dnscache
Then restart the compute

There is no harm in trying the thing I suggest, even if only to rule them out.
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Prior placing the question we that, but also:
ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /registerdns
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew

As for 'Check the router to see how often it is renewing DHCP address leases', we found the following settings:

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As or 'Look in the laptop's event logs to see if anything is being logged at the time of failure', there is a lot of data.  Where exactly should we look in?
Why do you have 245 Customer Premises Equipment (Devices) on the one router or is that just availability?  Are you sure your router is set up properly? I have not seen that setup before.
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Don't know what that is; we are just supplying info requested.   The setup is as required by the ISP and never been changed.
There appears to be 10 static addresses in total and 245 DHCP addresses in total. I wonder if that has some impact.
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Don't know.  What exactly do you mean?
I am looking at your settings above which suggest 245 DHCP addresses (number of CPE's). Why so many DHCP addresses and so few static. It is different from any router I have seen.  

I am wondering if that setup is affecting your Wi-Fi.
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Don't know; it's been that way since install.  The DCHP answer is because we were asked about "Check the router to see how often it is renewing DHCP address leases".  How can we know how often?
DHCP leases are part of the router setup and you need to access the router. You need to ask the people or company that set it up.
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We did that when the EE asked about the DHCP "renewing".  The ISP said that those value is their standard setup that of course we can change it if desired.  The EE said to check the router to see how often it is renewing DHCP address leases; we want to know how can we check how often it is renewing.  Maybe wait for the EE to see the entry.
You need the router set up to know this. The lease time for the router does not exist outside the router.
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We have the router set up; that's how we got the info for the EE.