Windows 11 has just been released and there are still many bugs that annoy users. Those who buy Laptops or Computers with Windows 11 built-in, especially using Wifi 6, will encounter the phenomenon of Wifi napping or Sleep will not connect to Wifi, this may be a Driver error or Windows 11 error, but how to fix it? The costume is pretty simple too. This article, Solutechblog will guide you how to fix lost WiFi connection on Windows 11 successfully.
Fix Wifi connection error on windows by Deleting Wifi Driver and reinstalling
Although your laptop supports the new Wifi 6 standard, older WiFi routers are unable to use it, so you may still highlight its advantages. On the other hand, the driver installed when you purchased the device might not be compatible with the WiFi Card in the computer; thus, to fix lost WiFi connection on Windows 11 and improve the stability of the WiFi connection process, you must uninstall the Wifi Driver and reinstall the most recent version.
To delete and reinstall the Driver on Windows, do the following:
Step 1. You download the latest Wifi Driver from the homepage, go to Google and type the search command: computer name + wifi driver. You will be directed to a page to download the appropriate Driver for your computer.
For example: hp victus laptop + wifi driver.
Step 2: Press Ctrl + R to open the RUN dialog box
Step 3: type commanddevmgmt.msc
Step 4: Find the Wifi Driver in the device, right-click and select Uninstall
Step 5: Now that you have lost your network, proceed to install the Driver you just downloaded at the company’s Web site to reconnect to the Internet.
Fix lost WiFi connection on Windows 11 with Reset Network
Many people have tried by resetting the network configuration, it is possible that Windows 11 does not have a Wifi connection error and was successful. You can do it as follows:
Step 1. Click the Windows button in the corner of the screen and type the word Network Reset -> select the Open button to open the Network Reset window.
Step 2. Press the Reset Now button , wait 5 minutes for the computer to restart.
Simply erase the available network configurations and reset them to the default Windows settings to avoid data loss or other issues with your machine.
Adjust DNS to fix lost WiFi connection on Windows 11
It can be said that this is the way that many people have succeeded in fixing the error of Wifi in use losing connection on Windows 11, just need to adjust the DNS server information , all problems will be solved.
Step 1: Press Ctrl + R to open the RUN dialog box
Step 2: type commandcontrol panel
Step 3: Control panel -> view network status and tasks -> change adapter setting -> right click on wifi -> Properties -> internet protocal vesion 4 -> Properties -> click Use the following DNS server addpress -> change as shown in the picture (with below the article to copy) -> Ok -> internet protocal vesion 6 -> click Use the following DNS server addpress -> change as follows:
Then you just need to right-click on wifi and select Disable and then right-click again and select Enable as shown in the image below
IPv4:
- preferred DNS server: 8.8.8.8
- Alternate DNS server: 8.8.4.4
IPv6:
- preferred DNS server: 2001:4860:4860::8888
- Alternate DNS server: 2001:4860:4860::8844
You can learn more about DNS at: https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/what-is-dns/
FINALLY
Hopefully with the above 3 ways, you will completely fix lost WiFi connection on Windows 11. If you’ve tried but it doesn’t work, I recommend you go back to Windows 10 to be more stable.