Windows 11: Network Lan and Wifi gone after sleep

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Windows 11: Network Lan and Wifi gone after sleep

Luciana-6990 15

It's 2025 and the issue is back! After updating windows 11 a couple of weeks ago, my network can't come back from sleep anymore. Both lan and wifi networks refuse to wake up! The only way is restarting the computer, or doing a trick that I'll mention later.

Updated the drivers from intel site ( mobo Asus TUF ), and nothing works!
Turned off power management in both network adapters.
And still, after coming back from sleep, no network comes back to life!

Trick: if I turn on the mobile hotspot from my phone and connect to it from the computer, after a minute or so, the lan and wifi comes back to life. But this is a dirty trick, I wanted the sleep functioning normally, like it was before the update!

Microsoft,please! fix your windows 11 updates and for the love of lord, TEST YOUR UPDATES before launching it !!

Neil D 33,415 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator

2025-07-16T18:35:25.1166667+00:00

What is the current version and build of Windows 11?

What is the full model name of the device. You mention Asus is that just the motherboard or is it a Asus device? If a custom build then the full motherboard details.
Mahesh Sreenivas 0 Reputation points

2025-07-21T19:47:39.2133333+00:00

I am facing the same issue. Have to reboot the machine every time. Another problem I see is that I can't resume apps from task bar - consistently repro-ing on all my Windows 11 devices.
Cyp K 0 Reputation points

2025-07-24T14:47:03.22+00:00

I'm also experiencing the same problem after a recent Windows update.

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Neil D 33,415 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator

2025-07-16T18:35:25.1166667+00:00

What is the current version and build of Windows 11?

What is the full model name of the device. You mention Asus is that just the motherboard or is it a Asus device? If a custom build then the full motherboard details.
Mahesh Sreenivas 0 Reputation points

2025-07-21T19:47:39.2133333+00:00

I am facing the same issue. Have to reboot the machine every time. Another problem I see is that I can't resume apps from task bar - consistently repro-ing on all my Windows 11 devices.
Cyp K 0 Reputation points

2025-07-24T14:47:03.22+00:00

I'm also experiencing the same problem after a recent Windows update.

Answer 1

We force you to buy our car. then make it so complicated things go wrong, then we expect YOU to fix it yourself by giving you directions on how to do it, and if that does not work oh well, tough. You see, we here at Microsoft annexed computers across this country and the world, as all computers get sold with our "Windows", but you can always go to "Apple" which means you wasted your money and could well waste it again, oh well. LOOK, we need more platforms other than Windows than we can upload to our computers, they need COMPETITION, because they have none, therefore they are slack and hire these "techs" on here to pacify us. Probably Microsoft needs a complete do-over, If this software was flying a planes we'd see crashes all day long. "Oh look, the plane is not responding!"

Answer 2

Guh 5

Now is 2026 and the the problem persisted, came here because of frustration, just to see people more frustrated than me.

I am on windows 11 built in on HP 14s laptop. Windows updated fully until latest update (2026-01-12).

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Neville Pope 30

There's a new driver at this site (below), which I've just installed today. I haven't left the laptop for a long time, but this does seem to fix the problem. Not sure yet. I'll post again in a couple of days.

Web address: https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=Realtek%20RTL8822CE%20802.11ac%20PCIe%20Adapter

Neville Pope 30 Reputation points

2026-01-22T12:29:03.3566667+00:00

I've left the laptop to go to sleep several times today and it's come back up with the wifi still OK.
Claire C 0 Reputation points

2026-01-22T16:09:33.26+00:00

That's great! Which of those driver updates did you apply?
Linda W 10 Reputation points

2026-01-22T18:25:02.02+00:00

Ya make sure it goes into "deep sleep" mode. That normally takes longer. Let it go to sleep OVERNIGHT.
Neville Pope 30 Reputation points

2026-01-22T23:03:00.3666667+00:00

Doesn't usually take overnight for my laptop to go deep. I left it for several hours at one stage. However, I'll continue to monitor it and post any problems.

Regarding which version I used, it was the top one in the list dated 7th August 2025 - version 2024.10.230.601, listed several times for different Windows versions.
Neil D 33,415 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator

2026-01-23T09:23:43.8966667+00:00

It will only be applicable if your device uses Realtek hardware though.
Claire C 0 Reputation points

2026-01-23T09:37:43.04+00:00

My laptop has Realtek audio but I'm not sure about anything else. I didn't know which update to choose, so I tried downloading the first one, but it then splits into a whole lot of subfolders with names I don't recognise. Thank you but I think I'll have to leave it and just restart the PC every time. Unless of course Microsoft ever decides to fix the problem ...!
Neil D 33,415 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator

2026-01-23T14:40:20.3733333+00:00

@Claire C You should be able to install the driver as follows:

Double click the downloaded file that will show the contents of the file as five files. Select all the files then right click and select Extract.

Select a location to extract the files (best to create a new folder) and be sure the new folder is opened then click the Extract button. After that go to the new folder you created and right click the file netrtwlane.inf and select Install.

Follow any further onscreen instructions.
Neville Pope 30 Reputation points

2026-01-24T03:32:21.9666667+00:00

@Claire C If you follow Neil's instructions the installation would be safe even if that's not the device you have.

If you want to check which WiFi adaptor you have, click on the Windows icon and type "device manager". (You may not need to type the whole phrase.) then click on the Device Manager icon. That will list the types of hardware you have and you can expand the "Network adaptors" icon (click on the "+") to see what network hardware you have.

You can expect to see a Bluetooth adaptor listed, a whole lot of "WAN Miniport" devices and your network adaptor - probably something like "Realtek RTL8822CE 802.11ac PCIe Adapter". If you have that then the top driver in the list at https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=Realtek%20RTL8822CE%20802.11ac%20PCIe%20Adapter is the one you need and you can follow Neil's instructions.

If that's not the one you have, copy the name for yours into the search spot on that web page and click on "search". Hopefully that will give you a list of drivers for the one you have and you can download it and follow Neil's instructions.
Claire C 0 Reputation points

2026-01-24T10:53:39.57+00:00

Thanks, Nev and Neil, much appreciated. It was MediaTek (I think). Anyway, I've downloaded and installed the most recent appropriate update, and put the laptop into deep sleep. Now about to put myself into same, and will see how the laptop goes tomorrow morning.
Claire C 0 Reputation points

2026-01-24T22:27:04.0533333+00:00

Thank you again, I've just woken up and woken the laptop, and the wifi is behaving. Yay (so far anyway)!
Neville Pope 30 Reputation points

2026-01-26T02:13:11.0733333+00:00

Great to hear! The only downside is that you may have to repeat that each time there's an update to Windows. So keep that page bookmarked. Of course, there's always the possibility (very faint it seems) that Microsoft will fix the issue. :-)
Claire C 0 Reputation points

2026-01-26T03:36:29.86+00:00

Thank you for the warning! What I've actually bookmarked is this page, as it has your instructions and Neil's as well as the link :) Thanks again!
Neil D 33,415 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator

2026-01-26T15:31:16.6666667+00:00

I would have thought now you have the driver update from the catalog it won't be replaced. Only time will tell.

If it should be a problem in the future you can always see if the driver can be rolled back. Or you run the option to update the driver and if more than one shows in the list you can select the one relative to the update you just installed.
Claire C 0 Reputation points

2026-01-26T23:43:37.0666667+00:00

Thank you! I'm not sure of the role of a volunteer moderator, but you've been of much more assistance than the official MS channels :)
Neville Pope 30 Reputation points

2026-01-27T01:41:32.9466667+00:00

Neil, roll back should be an option, but I haven't tried it after a Windows update. My experience over the last 6-12 months has definitely been that the problem recurs after most Windows updates and re-installing the same driver or the latest driver from the catalog usually fixes it again.
Neil D 33,415 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator

2026-01-27T11:33:34.5033333+00:00

I've noticed in the past that sometimes the Roll back driver button will be greyed out. If you select to Update driver instead and select Browse my computer... then Let me pick from a list, you will see more than on driver listed. You can select the previous driver is the current one is causing problems.

Am example of mine. (not the problem driver you have)

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Neville Pope 30

Yes, I had it fixed for a while, but had to reinstall the driver after each update. That fix no longer works. I can offer one partial remedy in that I discovered putting my laptop into hibernation and waking it up again will restore the network adapter. Only slightly better than having to reboot. Clearly this is very low on Microsoft's priority list!

Claire C 0 Reputation points

2026-01-20T00:54:26.4566667+00:00

And hibernating/reawakening takes just as long as restarting. Bonkers, no?
Neville Pope 30 Reputation points

2026-01-20T01:32:35.0733333+00:00

Yes, but at least I don't have to shutdown all my documents, spreadsheet and e-mail. :-)

Answer 5

Neville Pope 30

I encountered this problem on my (HP) laptop a few weeks back and it was driving me up the wall! Following suggestions for earlier similar issues I found, I tried updating the driver, but, despite downloading an apparently later version (2024.10.249) from the HP website, the driver update (via Device manager) kept insisting that I had the latest version (2024.10.229).

The issue seemed to be when the laptop went to sleep while on but not used. When it was woken with a key touch was, I think, when the WiFi adapter was no longer visible.

Eventually I found a driver labelled 2024.10.144.0 and dated 1st Apr 2025. Since I installed that the WiFi seems to have been OK. This was from the Microsoft Update Catalog at https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=windows%2011%20realtek%208822ce

No guarantees that this will work for everyone.

Neville

Ignatian Mission Center admin 0 Reputation points

2025-09-18T21:21:15.1666667+00:00

This has been happening to me all the time on an HP laptop with Windows 11, no ability to change the power setting so you can keep wifi from turning off to save power. And the WiFi adapter just disappears from the system almost whenever the computer is put in Sleep mode.

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