Samsung TV users often report that their TV keeps disconnecting from Wi-Fi. It is a common issue where the Wi-Fi might work correctly on other devices but not on the TV. Some users have reported that the Wi-Fi connection is disconnected while using a specific application.
The problem primarily arises due to weak Wi-Fi signals and electromagnetic interference. However, occasionally, DNS server issues, outdated TV firmware, and misconfigured network settings can equally be responsible.
Whatever the causes are, we will address them with several fixes listed below in this article. So, keep reading!
How to Fix Samsung TV that Keeps Disconnecting From Wi-Fi?
If you are having issues connecting to Wi-Fi on your Samsung TV, it is always a good idea to restart your TV as well as the router. It can help flush any cache data that might be preventing the TV from connecting to Wi-Fi. Also, this issue can sometimes be solved by forgetting and reconnecting to the Wi-Fi network.
If the problem persists on every connected device, it is a problem with the router rather than the TV. Resetting the router would be helpful in such cases. Moreover, also check the devices connected to that Wi-Fi network. Connecting a lot of devices can make yourWi-Fi laggy, thus creating disconnecting issues.
Check Signal Strength
The issue of frequent disconnection mostly happens due to low Wi-Fi signal strength. When the TV and router are at a significant distance, the wireless signal receiver on your TV can not receive the signals correctly, creating connection issues.
So ensure your TV receives a Wi-Fi signal strong enough to operate properly. If not, you must bring your router closer to the TV such that no interference lies between them. If that is not possible, you may alsoconnect your TV to a different Wi-Fi networkthat is strong and stable.
Also, if your TV supports the 5GHz Wi-Fi band, you may also try changing the Wi-Fi frequency from 2.4 GHz to 5GHz or vice versa.
Check if MAC is Blocked
If you recently made some security changes on your router, chances are that you added your TV’s MAC to the block list. You may have blocked the TV mistaking it as another device on the network, and facing the issue. If that’s the case, you must look after the TV’s MAC and unblock it from the router settings.
This is the fix many people in the Samsung community forum suggested. The newer standard of Internet protocol, IPV6 has a wide range of advantages over IPV4. However, when enabled, it can create issues with the Wi-Fi connection of your Samsung TV.
While it might be a glitch, the problem may occur if your TV has the IPV6 feature activated, but your ISP has not employed IPV6 yet. The IP translation requires a certain time and it may result in frequent Wi-Fi disconnection. Since many reported that turning off the IPV6 sorted out their issue, please try it.
When you connect your TV to the Wi-Fi network, the network auto-assigns a DNS address to the TV. But the set DNS may not always work correctly with the TV. It mostly happens if your ISP can not maintain the uptime of their DNS servers.
