Refreshing Network Connections Coming Out of Sleep Mode

Question

We have the same SSIDs at several sites. Sometimes users go to our main site in the morning, then travel to another one later in the day. They often just close the lid of their Windows 10 laptop and it goes into sleep mode, then they open it at the remote site. It connects to the SSID, but it doesn't refresh its IP address, so they have trouble connecting to things. Is there a way to force a refresh of network connections when coming out of sleep mode?

Answer 1

Hello,

Thank you for posting in Q&A forum.

When Windows 10 laptops wake up from sleep mode, it will not always refresh the network connections automatically.

However, you can try creating a scheduled task to force a refresh of network connections automatically:

1. Open Task Scheduler and click on "Create Basic Task..." in the right-hand pane.
2. Give the task a name and description.
3. Configure trigger: Choose a trigger, such as "When I log on" or "At log on."
4. Action: Choose "Start a program."
5. For the program/script, enter cmd.exe.
6. For the arguments, enter /c ipconfig /renew.
7. Finish the Setup:

Now, each time a user logs in, this task will run and attempt to renew the IP address, which should also work for coming from sleep mode.

Besides, we also provide other manual method to refresh the network connection:

1. Disable and Enable the Wireless Adapter

Open Network Connections, right-click on the network icon.

Select "Open Network & Internet settings" and access network adapters:

In the Network & Internet settings, click "Change adapter options."

Right-click on your wireless adapter and choose "Disable." and then

"Enable" it.

2. CMD command

Open CMD as Administrator,

Release and Renew IP Address by below command:

ipconfig /release

ipconfig /renew.

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