[svandamme]

Milt

your wife's laptop probably has a builtin wifi card?

you are on a usb wifi dongle, with a usb extension cord


you don't need a tech, when all you need to do is ditch the usb extension cable
i'm telling you, those things are terrible

start by loosing that cable, and we can work from there


you edited...
probably the usb extension cord was getting interference from other cables.. usb cables aren't shielded