Windows 10: WiFi failure

Ok, I've come with similar issues a few times around these parts.

After some amount of time, my Intel WiFi card will stop working. It will still show as connected to the network, but no others will be visible, nor will I have internet access. So far, this has only been fixed with a restart.

I'm at a loss as far as troubleshooting the issue. The driver has been reinstalled. To avoid restarting the machine, I tried disabling the device from Device Manager. This resulted in the Windows Management Console crashing. After re-running the program and enabling the device, the WiFi won't start working again, requiring a restart again. Reinstalling the WiFi card via Device Manager has the same result. Event Viewer is no help. It's essentially saying "It doesn't work."

Does anyone know any possible causes or solutions for this issue?

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Windows 10 wifi not turning on Acer Aspire laptop

In order to get the list of available wireless networks, you have to:

1. Switch on Connect to suggested open hotspots (see the screenshot in question);
   
2. Click on Wifi icon in the right corner. Now you have your networks back.
   

After that the parameter from Step 1 can be turned off, networks will be listed normally after restarting Wifi.

P.S. I feel rather stupid at the moment. I thought that open hotspots are passwordless hotspots and so are presumably not very safe. So of course I've turned that off during installation.
Really hard to see any logic in this case.

 

When will the wifi connectivity problems be solved?

Hi Wabbles and welcome to Tenforums.

I've got 4 systems connecting via wireless; all adapters are different makes; all have zero issues, and two of them are old (wireless-G only). Most every issue I have seen with wireless connections has been driver-related. (Or, impending router failure.) I would suggest identifying your adapter model/make, and searching for different drivers that you can try out. And, sometimes an older driver works better than a newer one (just had this issue on a system I was working on yesterday). Also, verify you have these same connection issues when connecting to different routers, just to rule that out.

 

Qualcomm Atheros Wifi Lagg.

Hello Luke,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

I understand the inconvenience you are facing in Windows. We will help you.

• Have you installed any drivers for the WiFi card?

Try updating the drivers and check if the issue persists.

I suggest you to follow the steps below to update the Wifi drivers.

• Press Windows + X key on the keyboard.
• Select the device manager.
• Right-click your Wireless/Wi-Fi devices.
• Click Update Driver Software and then follow the steps in the wizard that appears.
• Restart the machine and check if the issue persists.

Keep us posted to help you better.