Cannot see own wireless network but can see others around me

Hi! I tried every single step in this thread and none have worked for me. Any other suggestions?

Hi! Did this ever get resolved for you? I have been working on this for about 4 hours and have done all of the things you listed here and still cannot figure out the problem. Thanks in advance!

Hi all,

Seemingly after last Windows update (though I'm not sure) I cannot see my own wireless network on my home laptop. I can see all the networks of my neighbors, but not my own.

I can see it and connect to my wireless network with my Work laptop. My partner can see it and connect to it with her two laptops and her smartphone.

I checked the wireless network adapter (Realtek RTL8723AE Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC) and when I click Properties and then Configure, the General tab says "This device is working properly." However, when I look at the icon in the Control Panel under Network Connections there is a big red X next to the Wi-Fi icon and it says "Not Connected".

When I click the Diagnose button the result is "You have not chosen to connect to any of the available networks" (and I can't since I don't know the security keys for those networks). Then skipping to the next step, the next window says "None of the networks you have previously connected to are in range"

Any advice?

Hello All,

I just had the exact same problem and ended up coming across this forum.

I found a solution:

Device Manager-

Network Adapters-

Double Click on the Wireless Adapter-

Update Driver-

Browse for Drivers on your computer-

Let me Pick-

I had 4 options - two from Intel and two from Microsoft. As I installed each option I would check to see if my home network showed up. The third driver (an Intel), and the latest version of the driver (out of the 4 options), ended up making the home network reappear.

I don't know which driver was being used before I did this....but I had already reinstalled the existing driver and that didn't help, so I'm not sure what happened here but it worked for me.

Hope this helps someone someday.

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I suspected after a dell update to my laptop it messed with being able to see my wireless network. Followed your instructions to a "T" and I immediately was able to see and connect to my wireless connection. YAY!!

this is really solved my 3 month hassel issue ... thx alo. i switched the wireless mode (Transmission mode) from 802.11g/n/ax to to 802.11b/g/n and it works perfectly!

Just changing the wireless mode (radio settings) in my Wifi router from 802.11b/g/n/ax to to 802.11b/g/n solved the issue for me.