Cannot see own wireless network but can see others around me

I agree with you, this is clearly not a hardware problem. Also, there have been a lot of different software fixes proposed and some say they work and others say they don't work. Everyone who 'fixes' the issue seems to have a different solution and then that solution doesn't work for anyone else. What this tells me is that we have not got to the root cause of the issue. Just an observation, but this issue happened to me after I had spent a weekend using bandwidth very heavily. I was doing backups to and from my Onedrive and I probably used more bandwidth on the Saturday than in the whole preceding month. Then on the Sunday I carried on but was stopped by this issue. I am no tech wiz but I am just wondering if the ISPs have a way of turning off the connection to a specific computer or IP address if they see that it is using a lot of bandwidth. What seems to have fixed the issue for me is just turning off my computer and leaving it off for a while. This would indicate it is not a software problem either. So I suspect you are right, there may be some interference between your router and your laptop but it might have been put there by your ISP. Hopefully, after a while they will remove it again. Just a thought.

I understood him to say that all of the other nearby networks show up but his own. If it were a hardware problem why would the other networks showup, Why wouold the modem and network card detecxt the other networks but not his own. I have had the same problem. It appears there is some kind of interference with the signal from the router to my laptop is the only thing that seems to make sense. After a restart of a few minutes it will show up, but every once in a while I lose connection with my networks but the other nearby networks still show up.

I have a similar problem and no one seems to have an answer.  Everyone treats you like you just turned on a computer for the first time EVER.  The true answer is no one knows even when ALL the details are provided.  Haven't seen any post that resolves this.  Finally I bought a used wireless card (internal, not USB) and it worked fine.  Again, the old card basically saw all networks immediately around me but not mines even when it was a few feet from the router.  Again, the replacement used card works fine!

Hi Peter, I am having the exact same problem as you... tried all the fixes listed above and others, nothing works. Did u ever get this resolved???

Hi Franco,

There are only two options in the drop-down men: Auto or 20mhz, see screenshot showing 20mhz. I changed it back to auto after taking the screenshot.

Then I set Node Steering and Client Steering to OFF. That didn't change anything. I restarted the laptop. I did not shut off and restart router or modem (if that would make a difference?) The channel has been set to Auto since the start, except when I tried changing to channels to 1 or 6 or 11 previously. But when none of those worked, I set it back to auto.

Yes, I bought the router recently to replace a previous 10-year old LinkSYS router (WRT54GL) which had been working but whenever I or my partner connected wirelessly to my SSID we kept getting a pop-up message that the security protocol (I can't remember exact wording) was out of date. But the last time I connected wirelessly was in April, I think. I usually use the ethernet connection in my office otherwise. I contacted LinkSYS about 3 weeks ago and tried to figure out the problem but no luck and could not connect wirelessly. So bought the new router. It's a MR7350. My modem is a Aztech DSL605EU if that info is of any use.

One other thought I just had. Could there also be an issue with the type of internet connection (ie. between Automatic Configuration - DHCP or possibly I should be configured using PPPoe, etc. Would I check with my ISP?

Thanks again,

Peter