Windows 7 Wireless Issues

[himitsu]

Hi all,

This has had me stumped for about a week now, my Windows 7 laptop is having issues connecting to a Wi-Fi network where as it will take quite some time to connect. I first noticed this on my home wifi but it is the same for my friends wifi as well if i tether my laptop to my droid.

The signal strength is strong in all my testing, I noticed that there was a Microsoft Virtual network adapter listed twice in my device manager which if I uninstall them they will return after a reboot, so I have disabled them.

I have updated my wi-fi network drivers, disabled my firewall, UAC. But the issue still is there.

Windows Update is run regularly, so I don't think its related to a missing update.

I have also run the usual sfc/scannow.

Any ideas or recommendations will be great.

Thanks in advance.

 

[2xg]

Welcome to Seven Forums,

Is the issue only occurs the first time that you are trying to connect? Any disconnection issue? How's the speed?

You might want to do a Clean Boot. Removing all wireless network profiles might also help then re-add the SSID that you're trying to connect to.
Easy Way to Delete Wireless Network Profile in Windows 7

 

[himitsu]

Thanks for your reply.

I did try what you said, booting to a selective start up, but my wireless would not work at all, I think it had something with the services it needs on start up.

I booted to safe mode with networking and my wireless connected straight away.

When I rebooted back to Windows it also connected straight away, which is strange as I have not changed anything.

But when i booted up my laptop this morning the problem had returned.

I have deleted all SSD profiles and recreated them but the problem still exists.

If I hibernate my laptop and wake it up the problem is still there.

When I am connected there are no disconnections and speed is all OK.

 

[2xg]

Thanks for giving it a try, have you also tried disabling the Power Management mode of the Wi-Fi Adapter in Device Manager? See attached image.

 

[himitsu]

Yes, it is set to disabled in power management.

I have also noticed that it will not connect automatically to wi-fi any more, the settings are still set to connect automatically to my configured SSID.

For my laptop to connect i need to select the wifi icon and click to connect to my wireless.

 

[Shadowjk]

Press Start then search for 'Network and Sharing Center'

Upon opening you should see a control panel console appear similar to the one below:



Please then click on 'Manage Wireless Networks' in the side pain to show all your configured wireless networks on that machine:



Right click on the wireless SSID that you want to connect to automatically and then click on 'Properties'

You should be presented with a windows similar to the one below:



Please make sure that the connect automatically box is checked then click OK. Please then restart the machine to test the new settings

Hope This Helps,
Josh!

 

[himitsu]

Thanks for the reply,

I have checked and it is set to connect automatically, the same issue is apparent for my other configured SSID's (Friends wifi and when i connect to my android wifi) these are also set to connect automatically.

Could it be my wireless card in my laptop being faulty?

 

[2xg]

Can you post a Xirrus capture from your computer using a Xirrus Wi-Fi Inspector Tool?