@MrWheel Out of curiosity. If your HP laptop has an ethernet port (some don't), have you ever tried to use ethernet to connect? Turn off wifi if you have to. Is so, do you still have this funky connection issue? I wonder whether the wifi card of tha...
It could be an IP address conflict. I have seen that before few Home Hubs back few year, the Home Hub was at least couple yrs old by then. Check what IP your laptop gets after it connects to wifi. Go into the Home Hub and see whether there is another...
Based on my experiences only. My main goal is not have interruptions when the lights blink due to a few seconds outage or voltage drop. Currently with my GigaHub I have a APC Pro 1000S. I have my 24-ports switch and couple other things on there also....