> Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 10:46:31 -0500
> From: chris@chriscaudle.org
> To: linux-audio-user@lists.linuxaudio.org
> Subject: Re: [LAU] ffplay and alsa buffers
>
> On Mon, October 5, 2015 8:59 am, Peter P. wrote:
> > My dropouts seem unrelated to network issues, as they happen on ethernet
> > as well as on wireless lan connections.
>
> There were systems where just the presence of a wireless lan driver loaded
> caused problems, even when not using the wireless connection. The only
> solution for those systems was to completely unload the wireless lan
> driver (see man pages for rmmod if you are not familiar with it already).
>
> --
> Chris Caudle
>
>

Even when the wlan is turned off with the physical switch on the laptop from what I read. Just because you don't think you are using it doesn't mean it isn't doing anything.