Windows 10: Wi-Fi connection will randomly either A, slow down for a solid minute. B, disconnect...

Good evening. As of recent, or roughly a month ago; I began to have an issue with my Wi-Fi drivers. Upon checking the Event Viewer, I would see that I would be continuously getting a warning message that read "Name resolution for the name wpad timed out after none of the configured DNS servers responded. Client PID 4824." After a week of having this issue, I eventually stopped having my Wi-Fi slow down. However, it wasn't over. Instead of my Wi-Fi slowing down, it would justdisconnect entirely. On top of that, the "automatic reconnect" doesn't even work, forcing me to open the menu and reconne

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Windows 10 stop automatically connecting to random new wi-fi networks

Hi,

I have searched a lot, but all the tutorials I found only explained how to not connect automatically to a known wi-fi network or how to disable wi-fi sense... but this is not what I am looking for...

PROBLEM:

• When my laptop (Windows 10 Pro X64) is not connected to a network and the wireless adapter is on, it will automatically connect to any random new unsecured wi-fi network... The only way I have now to avoid this is to disable my wi-fi adapter.

UNUSEFUL TUTORIALS I FOUND ON THE INTERNET:

• How to manually uncheck the option for a particular wi-fi network not to connect automatically in Network Properties. This is not what I am looking for. This would suggest that everytime I power my computer. I would have to manually go through all the available wi-fi networks and unclick them all...
• How to disable Wi-Fi Sense. This is not useful, because I don't even have a Wi-Fi sense option in my computer where the tutorials say it should be.

EXPECTED BEHAVIOR:

• I am looking for an option to tell my computer to stop connecting randomly to unknown wi-fi networks like an hyperactive, reckless idiot.

PERSONAL COMMENT:

• Honestly, why would any respectable company think that it could be somewhat wise or secure to do this... Anyone's computer could just randomly connect to any hacker's wi-fi network without the user even knowing it...

Any solutions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

 

Wi-Fi connection stops working a few minutes after connecting

Got a strange issue with the Wi-Fi connection on Win10, and I'm not sure what else to try.

Symptoms:

• After connecting to the Wi-Fi, it works normally for a minute or so, but then stops working.
  
• It doesn't disconnect, but accessing any site returns a ERR_CONNECTION_CLOSED error.
  
• If I disconnect and connect again, it works for a minute and then stops again.
  
• Strangely, ping still works (e.g. "ping www.google.com")
  

Things I've tried:

• Everything on this page, including "Network Reset".
  
• Factory reset the Wi-Fi router.
  
• Update Wi-Fi adapter drivers.
  
• Using a USB Wi-Fi adapter with a big antenna instead of the Wi-Fi module on the motherboard: same issue.
  
• Using a VPN: same issue.
  
• Connecting my phone to the Wi-Fi and then creating a Wi-Fi hotspot and then connecting to that hotspot: works!
  
• Other devices connect to the same Wi-Fi without issues,
  

All of this lead me to believe that Windows decided not to work with that specific Wi-Fi for some reason.

Also this started happening for when I was using Visual Studio Code connected to WSL, but I'm not sure if it's related. `wsl --shutdown` doesn't help.

Any ideas of what else I could try? (besides reinstalling Windows from scratch...)

 

Wi-Fi disconnect

Windows doesn't disconnect a properly working WiFi. Mine NEVER disconnects since the last time I restarted my computer. I suggest to check for near-by WiFi radios to see if your channel is too crowded or if all the channels are crowded, just switch to 5 GHz band like mine