Windows 10: A lot of Network Adapters in my Device Manager

* I have 10 network adapters and 8 of them are WAN Miniport here are some : IKEv2, L2TP, SSTP, PPTP, PPPOE, and Network monitor. I'm just wondering what these are, specifically network monitor. Does it mean that it's monitoring what I do?

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Wireless adapter not found in Device Manager

I ran the Lenovo Solution Center. Network Adapter was not listed in the hardware scanned. Not sure if there is a separate listing for that normally or not.

Ever since I ran a power cycle the adapter has not appeared in the Device Manager.

Does anyone believe removing the adapter and putting it back would solve the issue? I would rather not open my computer if there is little chance of it solving the issue. I am a complete novice doing this.

Not sure if this is relevant but in my Network Adapter in Device Manager there was "Microsoft Kernel Debug Network Adapter". It has since disappeared.

 

Network adapters show up in device manager but not network connections

Hi Benxas,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

1) Are you connect to Wired/Wireless network?

If you are connected to wireless network the I suggest you to refer to the Microsoft article and check if it helps.

Computer that has VPN software installed can't detect wireless network after upgrading to Windows 10

If you are Connected to wired connection, then I suggest you to follow the below steps and check if it helps.

• Right-click the Start icon and select Device Manager.
• Expand Network adapters, right-click your Broadcom adapter, and select
  Properties.
• In the Driver tab, click Driver Details.
• Under Driver files, if the path listed ends with either k57nd60a.sys or k57nd60x.sys, or a variant of this file name, then please continue with the solution provided below.
  If it does not match these file names, the proposed workaround is not likely to resolve your issue.
  Please post the make and model of your PC, along with the driver file name, and the Driver Date and Driver Version listed in the Driver tab, along with an explanation of the symptom you are experiencing.
  
  If the name of your Broadcom driver matches k57nd60a.sys or k57nd60x.sys, to resolve your problem:
• Return to the Device Manager.
  
• Expand Network adapters, right-click your Broadcom adapter, and select
  Properties.
• In the Advanced tab, look for and select the property, “Receive Side Scaling”.
  Set it to Disabled, and click OK.
  
• You may need to reboot your computer.

Please reply to us with the status of the issue.

Thanks.

 

"Microsoft Hosted Network Virtual Adapter" not found in Device Manager!

Hi Mehedi,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community forums. We are glad to help you.

Try these steps and check:

a. Press Windows key + X type Devmgmt.msc to open device manager.

b. Click on view and press on "show hidden devices".

c. Go down to the list of devices and expand the node "Network Devices" .

d. Find an adapter with the name "Microsoft Hosted Network Virtual Adapter" and then right click on it.

e. Select Enable

f. This will enable the AdHoc created connection, it should appear in the network connections in Network and Sharing Center, if the AdHoc network connection is not appear then open elevated command prompt and apply this command "netsh wlan stop hostednetwork"
without quotations.

g. After this, the connection should appear.

If the issue persists, try this:

Windows 10 has a built-in troubleshooter to check and fix issues with hardware and devices. I would suggest you to run this troubleshooter to check if the issue is with your devices. Refer these steps:

• Press Windows key + X, select Control panel.
• Change the view by option on the top right to Large icons.
• Click on troubleshooting and click on the view all option on the left panel.
• Run the Hardware and devices troubleshooter.

Hope this information helps. Do contact us for further queries. We will be happy to assist.

Regards,

Jenith