Nope it doesnt matter which desktop PC it is - its happened with several!

I'd suggest that the fault is with the router and not the laptops or socket. Switch-mode power supplies are notorious producers of noise, and your router isn't filtering it out.

Hi

I initially thought that but I`m currently on my third router since this problem manifested and its been the same on all of them.

I suspect an earthing problem,
computer power supplies have suppression circuits to earth, and my guess is that its then earthing though the router, and line, (and poor engineer sitting in green cabinet)

time for an electrician.

In reply to a post by ggremlin:

I suspect an earthing problem,
computer power supplies have suppression circuits to earth, and my guess is that its then earthing though the router, and line, (and poor engineer sitting in green cabinet)

time for an electrician.

Well, you could be on the right lines there - before spending a lot of money on an electrician, the OP could buy one of those 13A socket testers (the ones with three lights) which will check the earth connection, and whether the L and N are swapped.

The laptop can't earth through the line - there are isolation components in routers to stop this happening.

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