Windows 10: Wifi Insecure wrongly identified by Window10

Hi Microsoft Team,Starting 20th Nov 2021, my 5ghz wifi network has been identified as insecure due to outdated security protocol eg: WEP.However, I logged into Router and see that the security protocol is WPA/WPA2-Personal which is the same with the 2.4ghz wifi. No insecure message when connected to 2.4ghzAlso, I use another Win10 laptop connect to the same 5ghz wifi and no insecure message pop out as well. Please help to advise what goes wrong. Thanks.

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window10 wifi connection

Hi,

To address the issue regarding with WiFi connection, we suggest that you try the following:

Method 1: Run the Network Troubleshooter.

• Search for Troubleshooting, then click the result Troubleshooting
  under Settings.
• Click View all on the left side panel.
• Choose Network adapter from the list.
• Click Advanced.
• Select Run as administrator.
• Follow the steps on screen.

Method 2: Update Drivers.

This issue is probably caused by outdated network drivers, we suggest that you update your drivers

manually through your PC or through your computer manufacturer's website.

Let us know how it goes.

 

WiFi not automatically disconnecting when out of range

Gunnart,

I had a similar refusal to disconnect from a WiFi profile and I solved it.
- In my particular case, the unwanted network was still in range so I cannot say for certain that my symptoms were exactly the same as yours but they were certainly consistent with yours.
- The solution is not a destructive one so I do suggest you try it.

1 I turned WiFi off then repeated the fairly standard step of removing existing WiFi profiles - Settings, Networks, WiFi, Manage known networks, <select each one in turn>, Forget. Arguably, I could have just done this for the problem network but I was probably not thinking straight at the time.

2 I then opened RegEdit, went to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkList\Profiles
and deleted every subkey that referred to a WiFi network profile. Again, arguably, I could just have deleted all those that referred to the problem network.

3 I then turned WiFi back on and started from scratch detecting then connecting to the networks I wanted to use. There has been no repetition of the problem.

Some further commentary
A I had changed my internet connection device but had re-used the same network name on the new one.
B There were no strange entries in the list in Settings [step 1 above] & I quite wrongly thought that forgetting them represented a complete clearout.
C When I looked the Registry key [my step 2 above], I found that there were two subkeys with the relevant network name in the Description line.
- In one case, the same network name was repeated in the ProfileName line
- But the other entry contained a Profilename entry that had the expected network name with a suffix [2] after it.
- So my re-use of the name had been identified by Windows after all [I had just been trying to reduce the number of changes I had to work through when I swapped devices and had not thought there could be side-effects].


Best of luck,
Denis

 

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