Question PC cannot connect, mobile can

[DigDog]

I'm having a rather weird issue on my W10 + Aetheros wifi card.
Yesterday i could not connect to the wifi network i normally use; the password was not recognized. I'm having a hard time with the landlord so i put this down to the password being changed. I called it a day and went to bed.
When i woke up the network was gone - that one particularly named network is not in my available networks list.
I can see it still exists in windows network manager options as "connect automatically". I tried forgetting it and re-discovering but it still does not find it.

the thing is .. my android phone connects to it, no problem. I can tether from phone to PC too. which .. is an ok solution, for now, i suppose. but, id rather use my wifi card?

Should i go ahead and uninstall/reinstall everything concerning wifi ? I've tried most other common google solutions but they dont seem to work.

 

[ch33zw1z]

Could be hardware, I would boot a Linux live distro and see if the wifi adapter works there, if not...probably hardware.

 

[mxnerd]

Almost all Wi-Fi cards die sooner or later.

So yeah, it could be the hardware.

My Wi-Fi adapter just reached a near death status a few days ago, extremely slow and the ping/tracert times were over 200ms (sometimes even reached over 1000ms) for each network hop. Need to get a new one.

 

[DigDog]

Could be hardware, I would boot a Linux live distro and see if the wifi adapter works there, if not...probably hardware.

but then i would run the risk of liking linux
too dangerous






it's not the hardware. it can still see all the other not-mine networks. Also, this card is like, 3 month old! and the previous one was 1 month old! oooh .. i see.
are they really this bad?

 

[mxnerd]

but then i would run the risk of liking linux
too dangerous






it's not the hardware. it can still see all the other not-mine networks. Also, this card is like, 3 month old! and the previous one was 1 month old! oooh .. i see.
are they really this bad?

My dying Wi-Fi card still can see 20+ network in my neighborhood.

Anyway, if your card is so new, so yeah, uninstall and reinstall the driver (maybe with vendors' driver if there is one, not Microsoft's) see if it works.

Running a live Linux CD and not installing to the disk is not dangerous, BTW.

 

[DigDog]

Running a live Linux CD and not installing to the disk is not dangerous, BTW.

that's totally what a linux user would say.

nice try linux .. nice try.

 

[mxnerd]

that's totally what a linux user would say.

nice try linux .. nice try.

Well, I'm a Windows guy, only run Linux occasionally.

Running a live Linux CD/DVD is only dangerous if you press the wrong button. 😁

 

[DigDog]

back on the question, is there a way that i can export the wifi address my android is logging into, to my pc?
as in, write down the IP my phone connects to, and then type it into a CMD window or something?

 

[mxnerd]

if this is what you mean. Connect your Windows PC to WiFi router/AP through ccommand. No IP address required.

 

[ch33zw1z]

back on the question, is there a way that i can export the wifi address my android is logging into, to my pc?
as in, write down the IP my phone connects to, and then type it into a CMD window or something?

What are you trying to accomplish? WiFi doesn't work quite like that.

Bottom line, if the SSID is being broadcast, and other devices can connect, then you desktop should see it just fine.

If youre having problems with WiFi adapters being garbage, you can check out wireless bridges. You can even turn an old ddwrt supported router into a bridge

 

[mxnerd]

Agree with ch33.

You can use wifi range extender if your wifi adapter doesn't work properly.

Amazon.com : wifi range extender

Extender usually has better reliability than laptop / USB wifi.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Since tethering works, I don't know how much effort you want to put into this? If you are not going to try Linux, disconnect your OS drive and install fresh windows on another drive. It will narrow down the issue quickly as Ch33z pointed out. And when you say you used the google suggestions, you did MS checklist correct? i.e. -

• Type netsh winsock reset and select Enter.
• Type netsh int ip reset and select Enter.
• Type ipconfig /release and select Enter.
• Type ipconfig /renew and select Enter.
• Type ipconfig /flushdns and select Enter.

Uninstall the network adapter driver and restart

How about deleting your wireless profile? netsh wlan delete wireless profile= insert your's here

It is possible the LL is being a jerk and blacklisting the MAC. Unlikely since why would they let the phone stay on?

Anyways good luck, and tell us what happens.

 

[VirtualLarry]

It is possible the LL is being a jerk and blacklisting the MAC.

Good point. Could try going into the device's Properties, and see if there's a way to assign a MAC to the wifi adapter, and change it to something semi-random (Within the limits of Hexadecimal.) Maybe only change the last three octets.

 

[sdifox]

try disable enable nic in network and sharing

 

[ch33zw1z]

Good point. Could try going into the device's Properties, and see if there's a way to assign a MAC to the wifi adapter, and change it to something semi-random (Within the limits of Hexadecimal.) Maybe only change the last three octets.

I'm not sure that will work. Blocking MAC's isn't something IMXP that will actively go out and not broadcast and SSID to a specific MAC. It's more like when you connect the DHCP process says no way I'm not giving you one cause you're blocked. If you assign an IP, maybe more robust routers won't pass your packets when it's sees the MAC in the arp table

 

[JackMDS]

As an interim solution and further understanding of what is not working you can try this.

Amazon.com : ourlink 600mbps mini 802.11ac dual band 2.4g/5g wireless

There are many Atheros and other Wireless cards on ebay for less than $10 too.