If on a laptop after Windows installation or just without any visible reasons Wi-Fi not working, says no available connections and shows a red X on the connection icon, the article below describes several possible causes of this problem and what to do to fix it.
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If you previously connected to Wi-Fi wireless networks on the same laptop, and now, without any action with the drivers, without reinstalling windows they suddenly write to you that there are no available connections, this usually means that for some reason Wi-Fi reason adapter turned off.
Here's what to look out for in order to try and fix the problem:
In general, this is usually possible options, which help fix the problem if it is not missing drivers, a recently reinstalled system, or some kind of hardware problem. If these options do not help, you can try the following solutions.
Just in case, also check if the Wi-Fi adapter was somehow accidentally disabled in Device Manager:
If you had the “no connections available” problem after installing or reinstalling Windows (or you just never tried to connect to Wi-Fi from this laptop, which is almost the same), then the problem is almost guaranteed in the drivers, and I’m sure if you have already been looking for what to do if Wi-Fi does not work, then you have seen a mention of this reason, but few mention that it can be not only in drivers, not only for Wi-Fi, which will also be discussed.
So, the most important thing you should consider about Wi-Fi drivers:
The most important. And now subtle nuance concerning wifi work on a laptop after reinstalling the system: if, before reinstalling the OS on a laptop (on many models), turn off the wireless network with a key on the keyboard (or Fn + key), then after installation, even with the original wireless adapter drivers, you will see a message stating that there are no connections available and a red cross on the connection icon - because the adapter is disabled from the Windows point of view. And sometimes the same thing happens without pre-shutdown WiFi.
At the same time, just the drivers and utilities for the operation of these keys are what many do not install, and they are not in the driver packs.
It's easy to check if you have it installed - try using any of the function keys from the top row (except for sound and brightness - they can work like that). If they do not work, it is quite possible that the reason for the not working Wi-Fi is this.
The solution is to install all the necessary official utilities for your laptop model so that the function keys in the top row on the laptop keyboard work. And then turn on the adapter with the keys. At the same time, in some cases this is not the only utility, but a set of drivers and utilities from the manufacturer at once, because best option- install all official drivers from your laptop's support page.
As a rule, such official utilities are named in the spirit: Hotkey Utility (Asus and Acer), Keyboard Driver, Launch Manager (Acer), Hotkey Features Integration (Lenovo) and the like.
Which, in turn, may require additional official utilities, such as, for example, HP Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Support Environment and HP Software Framework for HP laptops (plus, some of them may additionally require an HP Wireless Button Driver for turning on Wi-Fi), and for laptops Lenovo drivers these keys are a whole package that includes the System Interface Driver and other software.
So, in order, we install the official drivers until the function keys work (at the same time, the option is that the necessary drivers / utilities are only for previous versions The OS that was originally installed on the laptop is very common, please note and try to install them), and after that we try to turn on Wi-Fi on the laptop.
Hello, Dear friends. As you probably already understood from the title, today I decided to touch on a very serious and painful topic, and try to figure out what to do when Wi-Fi does not work on a laptop or netbook and how to connect a laptop to a Wi-Fi router. By the way, it can be not only a laptop, or a netbook, it can also be an ordinary desktop computer with Wi-Fi receiver. There have been a lot of similar questions lately, mainly to the article.
Now we will try to figure out step by step what and why problems may appear when connecting a laptop to wireless wifi networks. We will also try to find a solution to this very popular and unpleasant problem with connecting to Wi-Fi, or rather an unsuccessful connection.
Most often, problems arise when you cannot turn on the Wi-Fi module itself on a laptop. And when Wi-Fi turns on, everything available networks The laptop finds it, but when I try to connect, it says . You need to check if the drivers are installed on the Wi-Fi adapter, if Wi-Fi is enabled on the laptop, etc. Now we will do this.
I noticed that most often problems with connecting to Wi-Fi are found in Windows 7. It is on this OS that the error network without access to the Internet very often appears, I wrote how to solve this problem in the article, the link to which is above. In fact, as practice shows, there can be a lot of reasons for this problem. And if there are many reasons, then there are many ways in which you can make a laptop connect to a Wi-Fi router.
But it is not always the laptop, netbook, etc. that is to blame. There may be a problem in the access point, that is, in the Wi-Fi router. And the first thing we need to do when there is a problem with connecting to Wi-Fi is to determine what is the reason, in a laptop, or in a Wi-Fi router. Now I will consider the problem with connecting to my own router. Because if you are unable to establish a connection with someone else's Wi-Fi, then all claims are against the neighbor, it is most likely that he has problems :).
As I wrote above, you first need to find the culprit. Before you make any settings on a laptop or Wi-Fi router, you need to understand what the problem is, which is why you can’t connect your laptop to Wi-Fi. You can just set it up so that you then have to do it and set everything up again. Most The best way to determine in which device the problem is hiding, it is to try to connect another device to the router, for example, another laptop, tablet, or phone. And a laptop that has problems connecting to Wi-Fi, you need to try connecting to a different wireless network.
I think that you understood my idea. If there are other devices connected to your router (best with similar operating system) will connect without problems, then the problem is in the laptop. Read this article further, now we will try to solve it.
Well, if problems when connecting to your network occur on other devices, and the “problem” laptop connects to other networks without problems, then the problem is in the configuration WiFi router. See the article on, it might come in handy.
I will show on the example of a laptop that runs on Windows 7. This is currently the most popular operating system.
I advise you to immediately pay attention to the icon that displays the status of the Internet connection. It's in the notification bar.
If the internet connection status looks like this:
First you need to check if the Wi-Fi drivers are installed and if the Wi-Fi adapter is enabled.
Right click on "My computer" and select "Properties". Left select "Device Manager".
Open a tab in a new window "Network adapters" and see if there is a device like Wireless Network Adapter (Your name may be different). If you have such a device, then right-click on it and select "Properties". Another window will open, make sure it says "The device is working properly."
If everything is about the same as mine above in the screenshot, then everything is fine, the driver is installed. And if there is no Wireless Network Adapter device and you have unidentified devices, go to the website of your laptop manufacturer, download and install the Wireless Network Adapter driver for your model.
Learn more about installing and updating the driver for the wireless adapter -.
Dealt with the drivers.
If the driver is installed, but the Wi-Fi module is disabled, then the connection status will be the same:
Usually the wireless network adapter on the laptop is enabled, but it doesn't hurt to check. Wi-Fi on laptops (netbooks) is usually turned on and off with a keyboard shortcut. On my ASUS K56cm, these are the keys FN+F2. But although when I press these keys, I get a message that wireless adapters are enabled / disabled, but nothing happens. Look for a key on your laptop FN and key with a picture of a wireless network. Press them at the same time.
On some laptops, there may be a special switch on the case that you can turn Wi-Fi on or off. For example on Toshiba Satellite L300 it looks like this:
But the best way to check if the wireless network adapter is working or not is to go to the network control center and see.
So on the notification panel, right-click on the Internet connection status icon and select "Network Control Center and public access” .
Then select on the left.
Looking for connections “Wireless Network Connection”. If everything is fine and the Wi-Fi adapter is enabled, then it should look like this:
If the adapter is disabled, it will look like the screenshot below. Click on it with the right mouse button and select "Enable".
Using the methods described above, we must make sure that the status of the Internet connection on the notification panel is like this:
This status means “No connection - There are available connections”- this means that the Wi-Fi adapter is turned on and there are available wireless networks for connection.
If the connection status is like this:
This means that Wi-Fi is on, but the laptop simply does not see networks available for connection.
We figured out the problem when the wireless network module is disabled, or does not work at all. Now consider the case when the laptop finds available Wi-Fi networks, but when trying to connect to Wi-Fi it says: “Windows could not connect to…”, where instead of dots is the name of the network you want to connect to.
If you have a network connection status such as in the screenshot above (via one, network with yellow icon), then click on it, and you will see a list of networks available for connection.
Select the desired network, click on it, then click the "Connect" button.
If the set is password protected, then Windows will ask you to enter a password. Write down the password for the network and click "OK".
And if everything is fine, then your laptop should connect to the Internet via a wireless connection. And the Internet connection status should look like this:
But it is at the moment of connection that the error "Windows could not connect to ..." very often appears. It looks like this:
Unfortunately, friends, no. certain decision this problem. But I can download that very often the problem with such an error appears due to the settings of the Wi-Fi router. Maybe through the type of security and encryption that is installed on the Wi-Fi router, read more about this in the article. There may also be a problem with the distribution of IP addresses.
If you notice, then in the window with the error "Windows could not connect to ..." it is possible to run “Troubleshooting”, sin not to use. Try to run it, I heard somewhere that there are cases in which it helps :). But seriously, sometimes it really helps. Windows will check if the wireless adapter is ready, check settings, etc. And if it can, it will fix the problem that is preventing you from connecting to Wi-Fi.
Just reboot the router and then the laptop. Very often this helps.
Update
I noticed that in Windows this error appears when the settings that are saved on the computer for your network do not match the current network settings. I'll explain now.
For example, your laptop was connected to Wi-Fi, it automatically connected to the network. But you took and changed the password, or the type of network encryption. Now the laptop is trying to connect to the network, but the parameters no longer match, that's the error.
It is enough just to delete the network on the computer and re-establish the connection. I wrote about it in an article
Great article turned out, and I hope that it is useful. I wrote it for half a day, intermittently, of course, there were still problems with adding screenshots to the site, but I sort of solved it.
I tried to collect all the necessary information that should help you solve the problem that occurs when connecting a laptop or netbook to Wi-Fi. If I forgot to write something, then in the future I will definitely supplement the article, I will also be very grateful if you share information in the comments that helped you solve the problem with connecting to a wireless network.
If you have any questions, then ask them in the comments, we will try to figure it out. Best wishes!
Hello! This article will focus on a common wireless problem. network connection when there is no connection. The situations are different - maybe the networks are simply not available and the red cross is on, maybe there is no wireless network icon anywhere at all. Here I will show my algorithm by which we would usually help our readers to solve this problem. Read from top to bottom, try.
But if suddenly something still doesn’t work, write about your problem in the comments. At the very least, you will help others, and at the most, you will get a separate solution.
Screenshots are from Windows 7 (the most common source of the problem). But everything is suitable for versions from Windows XP to Windows 10.
As I wrote, it can all look different. The icon may be, but the nets will not be caught. Or maybe not, but only the wired adapter is on, or even absent. In my case it looks like this:
If you hover your mouse over the icon, the message "No connections available" appears. In fact, the situation is unpleasant, but in most cases, according to our experience, it is solved programmatically and on our own. But exceptions are possible, a burned-out module will give exactly the same result. Therefore, we try, test and hope for the best.
Here I will briefly go over possible reasons the occurrence of a problem. We look briefly, perhaps your obvious problem will be here. In our WiFiGid experience, there have been many strange situations related to the disappearance of Wi-Fi, and some of them were very comical. So here is the top list:
Here is the whole list off the top of my head. Now I propose to go over each of the points separately.
Before you start doing anything, be sure to restart your computer or laptop and router. This usually helps.
As strange as it may sound, many people try to include what they don't have.
Do you have a desktop computer? Most PCs initially come without Wi-Fi.
If you purchased a separate Wi-Fi adapter, but everything worked before or you have a laptop with built-in Wi-Fi, feel free to go to the following sections in search of your reason.
For the doubters there is another universal cool way. To do this, go to the "Device Manager". One of simple ways without entering strange commands:
In my case, everything is in order with the adapter, but the main thing is that it is there. See for yourself, at the same time on the go with various warnings, here you can understand that there is a problem with the drivers. The task is to find out if there is an adapter or not.
If you suddenly found out that you do not have an adapter, the easiest way is to buy it. No program will help.
Hardware failure is rare, but it does happen. This section is more about the fact that if suddenly all the points from here are checked and other masters cannot solve your problem, there is a high probability that the problem is in the hardware. The easiest way is to buy an external adapter and work further through it. Some modern laptops are already equipped with removable Wi-Fi modules, so it's possible to replace it with the same one.
Yes, operating room Windows system 7 and above does an excellent job of selecting drivers. But sometimes something doesn't go according to plan - either the update gets crooked, or Windows itself conceives a stupid update, or it's just third party program spoils everything irrevocably, that the operating system cannot cope on its own.
As a rule, if there is a driver problem in the Device Manager, which we accessed earlier, some kind of warning will hang next to our adapter, usually an exclamation mark.
Here you can describe the procedure for a standard driver update for a long time - but as a rule, if for some reason it did not install itself, then nothing good will come of it. The easiest way is to install the official driver by third-party means - from the manufacturer's website or special programs to select drivers. So my super method is:
Download the DRP.su program and install the drivers it offers. It is better to refuse third-party imposed programs, usually all these browsers and antiviruses are not so necessary, but the drivers are installed almost perfectly.
Another common cause of problems with a wireless network is that the adapter is simply disabled. There are several options for enabling it. Most Versatile:
The method above is universal and suitable for almost everything. If we have a laptop, then there is usually an option to turn on the adapter using the Fn + F (1-9) keys. The keyboard shortcut varies depending on the manufacturer, to understand, just look at your keyboard:
On my ASUS, the most common combination is Fn + F2. What you have there - maybe something else, for example, special buttons and switches:
Point for ticks and prevention. In case of network problems, I recommend running everything with a third-party antivirus, for example, CureIt! and temporarily disable the current running antivirus and firewall - it will help, it's good, it won't help, and it's okay with it.
Another cool way to automatically fix a problem is to use troubleshooting. No matter how ridiculous it may seem, but this thing helped already when it seemed to go through all its “correct” methods. But, it happened when she could not cope out of the blue. So let's try it and see if it helps:
Sometimes it just points to a problem, but sometimes it solves everything on the go and brings it to a working state.
Initially, I forgot, but sometimes the whole reason is that Wi-Fi is not looking for networks - the Wi-Fi auto-configuration service is disabled. We fix:
Sometimes the network is fine, but there is just no icon. Or maybe it's turned off? Here is a method to fix this situation:
Are you having a problem with the Wi-Fi icon in Windows 10? Are you sure the network card is working properly on your computer, but wifi icon doesn't show up in the system tray and you can't choose which wireless network to connect to? See how to solve it.
The wireless network icon can disappear from the taskbar in Windows 10, which is quite problematic. Even if we automatically connect to WiFi networks, and this icon seems unnecessary, eventually the lack of a network icon can be annoying. Especially when we want to connect to a new network or get an overview of the connection status. There are various reasons why the icon is invisible. Let's see what we can do to fix this.
A very simple question, but it often happens that we do not notice it. Icons from the Windows 10 notification area can be moved, and this also applies to audio and network icons. We might have accidentally dragged the icon and now it's hidden.
Click the arrow icon to expand the list of all icons in the notification area. If the "Wi-Fi" icon appears in a new window among other tray icons, just grab it and hold it with the left mouse button, then drag it to its original location next to the clock.
The icon can also be completely disabled on the taskbar. To check this, enter settings (Start Menu > Settings) and then go to the System > Notifications & Actions tab.
On the right side you will find icons quick action from the notification panel. Below you will find a link called "Turn system icons on and off" - click on it. A new window will appear in which we can control the display of individual icons from the notification area.
Find the item in the list named "Network" and make sure the toggle is set to the "On" position. Then return to the previous settings screen and this time click on the "Choose the icons displayed on the taskbar" link. Find "Network" in the list and make sure it's enabled as well.
The Wi-Fi icon also disappears when our wireless network card is disabled. In this case, the icon is replaced with a local (cable) network icon that looks completely different. If the Wi-Fi card is disabled, the classic Wi-Fi icon with three bars will not be visible.
Go to the start menu, then search for "Control Panel" and launch it. Then go to "Network and Internet > Network and Sharing Center" and select "Change network card settings" from the side menu on the left. A list of all network cards (LAN and WLAN) on the computer / laptop will be displayed. Make sure the Wi-Fi card is turned on. If the icon is grey, right-click the tab and select Enable.
If you have a laptop, also check that the Wi-Fi switch on the lid of the laptop has not been moved to the off position. If it does, switch it to run network card WiFi.
The last way is to check if the icon has not been completely blocked. For this we will use the local editor group policy. This option works on Windows Professional and Enterprise editions.
Press the key combination Windows + R, and then type the command gpedit.msc in a new window and confirm it with the Enter key. The Local Group Policy Editor window opens. Expand the folders on the left to the following path:
User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Start Menu and Taskbar
Select "Menu" Start "and" Taskbar ", and then in the right side of the search, find the item" Remove network icon ".
Double-click it to view details about this policy. In the new window, check the "Disabled" box to ensure that the "Remove network icon" option is disabled. Confirm the changes with the OK button.
