Cannot see own wireless network but can see others around me

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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?

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franco d'esaro 25,086 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator

2022-10-09T15:08:17+00:00

Hi Emin Ahmadli ,

read the whole discussion carefully before posting.

Your solution was already proposed by me on 06/28/2021, so you don't say anything new.
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Anonymous

2022-10-10T17:54:55+00:00

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.
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2022-10-10T19:12:48+00:00

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.
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Anonymous

2022-10-16T00:14:40+00:00

Hi Nick/Hamadi,

Just jumping in here to say I've switched ISPs since this issue and there's no difference, still can't see my network/conection. The only solution that has worked is getting a Wi-fi usb adapter.

Cheers,

Peter
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Anonymous

2022-10-23T12:14:03+00:00

Don't get paranoid.
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