Windows 10: WLAN Adapter disconnects frequently, not active - seems to be related to energy options -...

1. latest Win10 Update and latest Realtek driver installed


2. after a while, most likely after stand by wake-up or energy modes WLAN adapter is not active - Just deactive wlan network adapter , reactivate it works


3. most likely as well related only in Mode 802.11/a/n/ac 5Ghz not so often faced with 2 GHz 802.11/b/g/n


Which options could help to prevent this frequent behaviour ?


Thx

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troubles with my Realtek WLAN/BlueTooth adapter


"Anyone any idea how to install the drivers mentioned above? As Windows Update does not 'see' them."
It does not see them because that is your list of hidden updates. You can simply check the ones you want to go thru and the next Windows Update will see them but auto install, so be careful if you don't actually want them.

"I am having troubles with my Realtek WLAN/BlueTooth adapter, so I would like to try a driver update."
Best thing to do and not screw up the list of Hidden Updates you already have, is go to Device Manager (Win+X), expand Bluetooth to see installed drivers. Then r-click the driver/Update Driver Software/Search automatically ... If there is a newer one, it will auto install. Test, if not happy roll back by doing same steps except click Properties and use roll back option. Good Luck

 

Energy saving hint: WLAN power saving mode

I recently detected a possibility to save very much energy with the N8. In fact it doubled my possible usage time.



Go to your WLAN settings and check whether the option "power saving mode" is activated.

If not, do it.I'm not sure, but it seems that the option is not active by default.



I'm not facing any negative effect during using WLANs.



The very positive effect: during the workday in my office a WLAN is reachable, but I m not allowed to use (no password). Even here the powersaving mode is working. The N8 seems to be able to spend less energy also when in range of unknown WLANS.



With the "Nokia battery monitor" my estimation for "Active use" gets doubles from around ~12h to ~25h.



I hope this hint is useful for you.

 

WLAN Adapter issues

Hello all,

So i've been having an issue with my WLAN adapter and based on my research it seems this is a common problem after upgrading to Windows 10 (although in my case the upgrade happened many months ago, long before this issue arose).

My wifi connection would randomly die, and the WLAN adapter (Realtek RTL8188EE) would disappear under device manager. Based on my research again I took following steps

1)Updating Drivers (no result)

2)Registry deletion of pre existing VPNS etc (no result, as expected since i've never used a VPN)

A clean install was suggested, so I did that. Some results, although problems still arose albeit less frequently.

After that it was suggested I 'roll back' my drivers, which also had no effect. Then suggested to perform 'network reset' which once again worked off and on. Then suggested to uninstall the adapter and restart. That worked!HOWEVER since I wasn't 100% sure
how to backup my files and all again so I had created a system image. Upon restoring a system image of my computer from before the clean install, the issue arose again. So I REperformed the clean install, this time relying on the 'keep personal files only'
aspect of the install. Unfortunately, the same problems arose again. so I took the same steps. HERE IS WHERE my current problem lies and I need help.

So to fix the issue again, I did the network reset, which didn't work. Then I uninstalled the adapter and restarted my computer...and now it won't show up. At all! No matter what I do, the WLAN adapter has disappeared from device manager, and I do not know
how to get it back!! I can't install new/updated drivers manually, because there's nothing there to install to!

Is there any way I can get my adapter back online, or will I have to perform the clean install again ?

I apologise if perhaps i'm not describing some of my steps/problems super clearly, i'm not very good at this sort of thing...