Windows 10: How do I figure out how to connect my computer to my home wifi when I’ve never had an issue...

I have a Windows 11 Home from dell. It’s a PC I believe, I can also flip it into an iPad and it’s touchscreen if that helps specifics. I have never had trouble connected it to wifi and I frequently connected it to my colleges wifi. But I came back home and every time I put in the password it just says “unable to connect to this network”. I have double-triple-quadruple checked the password to make sure it was correct and regardless, it refuses to connect. I went online and I could not understand a thing I found. But, I also have frontier internet and am in a very remote place which I considered

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connection Issue with WiFi

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



We understand the difficulties as the Wi-Fi connection on your PC drops. In order to get clarity and to assist you accordingly, please reply with the answers to the questions below:

• What is the Version and Build of Windows 10 currently installed? (Type
  winver in Windows search/Run command)

• What is the make and model of the PC?
  

• Are you aware of any changes on the PC prior to this issue?

Meanwhile, we would suggest you to refer the steps as mentioned in this article and check:
Fix network connection issues in Windows 10



If the issue persists, then refer the steps as mentioned in these article:
Fix Wi-Fi connection issues in Windows



Also, we would suggest you to update the Wi-Fi driver from Device Manager. Please refer this article to update the driver:
Update drivers in Windows 10



Let us know the results. If the issue persists, we will certainly assist you further.



Aditya Roy

Microsoft Community – Moderator

 

Wifi No Connectivity Issues

Hi Evan,

We'll definitely help you with the issue you're experiencing with your WiFi connection in Windows 10.

Please provide the answers to the following for us to be able to learn more about your concern:

• Have you tried refreshing your WiFi modem and still got the same result?
  
• Are all your drivers up-to-date? If not yet, you can follow the steps found on this
  link on how to update your drivers in Windows 10.
  

Meanwhile, you can check this link for guidelines on how to repair network connection issues in Windows
10.

Also, can you try uninstalling the WiFi adapter, then restart the computer? This will automatically reinstall the driver.

Let us know what happens after the above mentioned troubleshooting steps.

Regards.

 

WiFi Connectivity unstable on Windows 10 Computer

Hi Wilf,

It's possible that some settings on your computer were affected after installing an upgrade since you mentioned that this intermittent network connection that you're experiencing only started after that. We'd like to learn more about your concern so we could
provide the proper resolution. We just have a few questions for you:

• Which build version of Windows 10 is on your computer? To check, click
  Start, type winver, and press Enter.
• Are other devices able to connect to your WiFi network without any problems?
• Have you checked with your Internet Service provider if there are any outages in your area?

We also suggest that you go through each and every troubleshooting step recommended in this article:

Fix Network Connection Issues in Windows 10. A lot of our community members have found the steps in that article very useful in solving connectivity issues.

Let us know if your network connectivity improves after following the troubleshooting steps we recommended.