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Yatom123
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4 Feb 2024 at 18:47 #1

Why is it that, about 70% of the time when I am trying to start up my first match that the game disconnects me from my wifi(Still connected to WIFI but showing "no internet connection)? The only way to reset it is for me to restart my entire computer and JUST MAYBE it will work after that. I've restarted my computer three times now and this is the most it has done it to me. I get my internet connection back if I connect to a different WIFI and then reconnect to my own. If there's a fix I'd be curious as to what it is.
On the same note, it's stupid that I even have to deal with this. No other game does this to me. Never paying full price for an EA game again.

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j0rney13131313
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4 Feb 2024 at 19:24 #2

That has to do with your router/ISP. Maybe the game's internet load has something to do with it though, especially if this is the only game you own that does it.
You may need to check on your router(reset), but as always I recommend Ethernet if it is available to you. Beyond that I'm not sure; Check on internet plan and compare with how many people are using the wifi at once, sometimes they'll crap out when too much bandwidth is used.
If your wifi is still connected(w/ internet) and the game doesn't connect, that's been haunting the game since its release. Will usually not happen now though.

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Alwiora
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4 Feb 2024 at 20:47 #3

Yeah sounds like an ISP related issue.
Still, rather than rebooting the entire computer, have you tried simply rebooting your wifi adapter via your Device Manager (right click your wifi adapter, select disable, then enable)?

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ciganshina
Boot Camp
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25 Feb 2026 at 16:08 #4

Did you get a solution?

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BF_Charlie
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27 Feb 2026 at 01:04 #5

Why is it that, about 70% of the time when I am trying to start up my first match that the game disconnects me from my wifi(Still connected to WIFI but showing "no internet connection)? The only way to reset it is for me to restart my entire computer and JUST MAYBE it will work after that. I've restarted my computer three times now and this is the most it has done it to me. I get my internet connection back if I connect to a different WIFI and then reconnect to my own. If there's a fix I'd be curious as to what it is.
On the same note, it's stupid that I even have to deal with this. No other game does this to me. Never paying full price for an EA game again.
Same here, but in EA app.

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cookins
Engineer
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1 Mar 2026 at 01:53 #6

Same here. I log into the game, load into a map.. then after 1 minute or so My wifi disconnects.

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dLujo4k
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19 Mar 2026 at 02:36 #7

anyone find a fix yet?

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tacticalassault666
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25 Mar 2026 at 00:58 #8

Same issue. I have tried disabling flow control on my modem. No fix. I have went into device manager and removed the ability for windows to power the wifi off. No fix. I have disabled anti-virus, no fix.
Please only respond if you have experianced this issue and fixed it. I do not want to "chat" I need help.

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dLujo4k
Rifleman
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25 Mar 2026 at 08:38 #9

Same issue. I have tried disabling flow control on my modem. No fix. I have went into device manager and removed the ability for windows to power the wifi off. No fix. I have disabled anti-virus, no fix.
Please only respond if you have experianced this issue and fixed it. I do not want to "chat" I need help.
found fix, but kind of annoying
everytime you launch battlefield, once the javelin anticheat menu pops up turn off your internet, and then once the game fully loads turn your internet back on
worked for me, but let me know if it doesn't work

dLujo4k - Axis defense
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dLujo4k
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25 Mar 2026 at 08:40 #10

too bad the dev team doesn't have the brainpower to fix their ♥♥♥♥ anticheat so you don't have to do this

dLujo4k - Axis defense
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10der08
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18 Apr 2026 at 09:16 #11

Has anyone found a solution to this? Happenning to me as well in EA app. As soon as i enter the game, the wifi disconnects, and if i close the game immediately, the wifi restores back. But if i wait for more than a min, then i have to restart the entire system.

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Loki_tii
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18 Apr 2026 at 19:35 #12

Why is it that, about 70% of the time when I am trying to start up my first match that the game disconnects me from my wifi(Still connected to WIFI but showing "no internet connection)? The only way to reset it is for me to restart my entire computer and JUST MAYBE it will work after that. I've restarted my computer three times now and this is the most it has done it to me. I get my internet connection back if I connect to a different WIFI and then reconnect to my own. If there's a fix I'd be curious as to what it is.
On the same note, it's stupid that I even have to deal with this. No other game does this to me. Never paying full price for an EA game again.
DONT listen to the other guys it has to do with your NETWORK CARD
Switch from WLAN to LAN or LAN to WLAN it seems BF2042 has issues with BROADCOM devices

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Morohir
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19 Apr 2026 at 12:41 #13

here is a potential fix at the official BF2042 Technical Forums:
https://forums.ea.com/discussions/battlefield-2042-technical-issues-en/game-crashes-wifi-turned-off/13206414
it is likely as EA's Javelin Anti-Cheat is causing some issues with network drivers and/or settings, especially while editing settings in-game, to return to main menu, in which these settings then be filtered by Javelin before being uploaded to the cloud, then causes a network crash . . . prolly same if being in-game and crashes network when stats are being updated and uploaded
p.s.:
a mod could merge all same threads together

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