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May 15, 2025
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Dropping connection with stable internet

  • May 15, 2025
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I have a regular meeting that consistently drops the connection multiple times during the meeting. My internet connection is stable. I have several other meetings with other people and don't have this issue, only with this particular other user. We have tried it with them hosting and with me hosting, and the result is always the same. What can I do to resolve this issue?

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storyhub
Community Super Champion | Customer
Community Super Champion | Customer
May 17, 2025

Internet connections vary with time, connection method, and CPU/GPU power. Try connecting using different devices such as mobile device, tablet, PC, Apple TV, MAC. If this is a one-on-one connection try screen sharing a video as a test. Remember that one-on-one connections use higher bandwidth.

Community Super Champion | Partner
May 17, 2025

hi @cassilyn24 

 

Internet connections for both parties to a zoom meeting play a part.   

 

Perhaps, this particular other user does not have a good internet connection.  If the user is connecting to zoom using wifi, try connecting using a wired connection to the router.

 

Other possibilities include a pc maxed out as to cpu and memory.  Try closing other programs not needed during a zoom meeting. 

 

Zoom provides some testing features and some best practices.

 

Please see

Wireless (WiFi) Connection Issues

 Using the Zoom Network Connectivity Tool

Zoom system requirements: Windows, macOS, Linux

 

Did my response answer your question? If so, please don't forget to mark the reply as an accepted solution.

 

thanks,  eliot

Newcomer
May 19, 2025

Thanks, we'll give this a try!

Newcomer
May 31, 2025

I have a similar issue. When using my new Windows OS work computer with my Netgear router/modem, I routinely have issues with "Internet is Unstable", as often as 8 times in an hour, that includes delays and freezing. (There are also meetings that I can go a full hour without any freezing.) I also have a Mac computer. When I switch to the Mac I never have the problem, even if it's in the middle of a meeting when I switch over. 

Newcomer
December 2, 2025

I have a participant in one of my regular meetings with the same problem.  He participates in other Zoom meetings with larger numbers of participants and has no problem.  Only with our meeting of 6-10 people.  He is hard-wired to his router and the connection is stable.  Someone mentioned a user not having a stable connection.  Often times someone else on the meeting starts it.  Would this impact the meeting if they didn't have a stable connection?