Windows 11 keeps dropping wifi

The issue from my side was: Hour or so into meeting Google meet/ zoom / Teams WiFi disconnect. So a laptop that was bought for remote session purposes, wasn’t working as expected. So I wondered, why should I deal with it? Power option issues in Microsoft network adapters, were there in win7/win8 and probably in win10 as well… at least from my experience. So yes, I have ditched windows and switched to MacBook.

The issue from my side was: Hour or so into meeting Google meet/ zoom / Teams WiFi disconnect. So a laptop that was bought for remote session purposes, wasn’t working as expected. So I wondered, why should I deal with it? Power option issues in Microsoft network adapters, were there in win7/win8 and probably in win10 as well… at least from my experience. So yes, I have ditched windows and switched to MacBook.

I hear you friend, I ditched Windows for a few years here recently, and started using Macintosh for my computing....

I finally left Apple, and came back to Windows after they started to block all 32bit applications with one of their unnecessary updates to MacOS. I know you can supposedly find alternatives for them all, but nothing I could find was as convenient / user friendly, plus the developers had abandoned many of the projects, so had not created a 64bit version. Apple's stuff is noticeably more expensive, but when you make your living from you computer, it can be worth it.

I am truthfully sorry I came back to Microsoft, after realizing that the Windows systems have continued to go downhill so badly. I thought Vista was bad, but the Microsoft guys are not content to ever stop 'Fixing' their stuff until it is nothing more than a virus. I mean how can the world's #1 computer company not understand how WifI works??

I guess 'keep fixing it until it's broke' has become their new motto!!

I can't remember the exact solution. However, if your computer has been recently bought or you've never toggled settings on your wifi adapter (or it's a new adapter) there is a default "power saving" setting that will cause this issue. The first comment literally is to check if the problem is chronic. I'll save you the trouble, it is and figuring out how to disable this "disable wifi to save resources" toggle will solve your issue.

Figures this out while waiting for a response. Go to power management under the device properties and shut off the ability for the computer to power off the adapter

I had the same annoying problem. My laptop, an LG gram 16" that I purchased about a year ago, had been working fine until recently, but perhaps after applying a Windows Update, it started giving me this problem. While using a USB WiFi dongle let me connect to the net reliably, like many here suggested, I needed that USB port for something else.

While trying to look for a new driver for Intel W-Fi 6 AX201 160MHz, I found this article there. No Internet Access When Connected (Affects Ethernet and/or Wi-Fi) (intel.com)

It requires adding a few new words to the registry entry HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters.

It doesn't seem hardware specific. After adding the entries and a reboot, it seems to work without the pesky problem. It's just been a few hours, and I didn't experience the problem so far.

You may want to try the solution.