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"No Wi-fi networks found" problem occurs frequently

Anonymous
2021-08-30T14:52:06+00:00

I recently bought a laptop and this problem has been occuring from the beginning. The laptop would just disconnect from my wifi network randomly any day, and would be unable to find any wifi network around it. The following message shows up in the available connections,

"No wifi networks found"

**** I figured out that the troubleshoot button in network and internet settings fixes this issue (usually by resetting the wifi adapter).

But the problem is the sheer annoyance that it sometimes causes when it happens when I'm in the middle of something really important. Sometimes the troubleshooting thing even requires resetting the entire networking settings and restarting the pc after which the saved wifi networks are all gone and I have to re-enter their passwords.

I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the wifi driver but the problem persists.

Is there a way to find the root of this problem and fix it there? Because it really troubles a lot.

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-09-07T05:24:26+00:00

    Thank you Mr. Bart for your assistance, the problem happened again and I tried what you said but it seems to have no effect on the problem. I still see no wifi networks found.

    Although I'd like to point out that after entering the last three ipconfig commands, i got following outputs,

    No operation can be performed on Ethernet while it has media disconnected.

    No operation can be performed on Ethernet 2 while it has media disconnected.

    .

    .

    .

    And so on for a total of six lines for each command.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-08-30T15:29:04+00:00

    Hi AshutoshSharma_777-

    I'm Kevin B. windows user like you. I do apologize for the inconvenience, let me help you sort things out.

    Kindly follow this steps:

    Press Windows Key + X.

    Click on Command prompt (Admin).

    Type the following commands, and hit Enter after each command:

    netsh int tcp set heuristics disabled

    netsh int tcp set global autotuninglevel=disabled

    netsh int tcp set global rss=enabled

    netsh winsock reset

    netsh int ip reset

    ipconfig /release

    ipconfig /renew

    ipconfig /flushdns

    Close the command prompt and restart your machine. Please do let me know what will happen. Hope this will help and have a bless day!

    Thanks,

    Kevin B.

    Independent Advisor

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  3. franco d'esaro 24,991 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2021-09-07T13:32:12+00:00

    Hi AshutoshSharma_777 ,

    what is the exact model of your wi-fi adapter?

    Go to Device Manager> network adapters, select your network adapter in use, click on the Power Management tab, uncheck the checkbox: Allow the computer to turn off the device to save power. Click on the Advanced tab and disable any options regarding energy saving. If the MIMO Power Save Mode option is present, try setting it to No SMPS.

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-11-05T06:36:51+00:00

    hi franco d'esaro,

    Very sorry for replying so late.

    I couldn't check if band steering was enabled. I was using the mobile app (supplied by the router's manufacturer) to access the router settings but there was no option related to band steering. I'm posting the screen shot of wifi-settings from the mobile app and also, the drop down menu under 5G wireless mode of network adapter settings.

    Although, I feel that the problem has to be with the wifi adapter of the PC, as wifi on all other devices works totally fine, when the problem arises, my PC is unable to find any wifi network and resetting the wifi adapter on my PC resolves the issue.

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  5. Anonymous
    2021-09-09T10:59:40+00:00

    @franco d'esaro my wifi adapter's model is Realtek RTL8852AE WiFi 6 802.11ax PCle Adapter.

    I unchecked that checkbox under power management tab. Didn't find anything under advanced tab.

    Thanks.

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