windows 7 - Network adapter - one connection per startup [Win7-64b]

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2014-07
  • user291203

    I have a Windows 7 64-bit , Dell Inspiron N5110 laptop with Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6230 wireless network adapter.

    On startup the computer connects to my wireless network just fine, but when I try to disconnect and then reconnect to any network then the WiFi icon gets stuck. Renewal of IP via cmd doesn't work. Disabling the adapter works but enabling it again fails.

    After googling this problem I was suggested to restart the WLAN AutoConfig service. When I tried doing so while this problem occurs the service wouldn't stop and the whole process got stuck.

    The weird thing is that in safe mode with networking this problem disappears. I have already tried re-installing the network adapter driver.

    Can anyone help me on this?

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  • Peter Stuer

    I have had the same wireless network setup for years (3 Linksys routers, two of which are configured as APs). All of a sudden, one of my notebooks (Win 7, 64 bit) can no longer connect. All my other machines (several notebooks of different types and makes) still connect just fine.

    Symptoms:

    • After boot, network no longer auto connects.
    • In the network connections, the network still sometimes (very infrequently) appears in the network list, but when trying to mouse to it to connect the network disappears from the list.

    What I have already tried:

    • moved the boot disk to a different machine (same hardware, both Dell Lattitude D830, Intel 3495ABG). Same problem, so does not seem hardware related.
    • System restore to day before (when things worked fine) as there were some Windows updates (0ct 27 2010), problem remains
    • removed network from wireless network list, problem stays
    • manually re-added network, did not solve problem
    • remove wireless device through device manager. Shows up again after reboot, same problem
    • Disable IPV6 on the adapter, no change.
    • install new driver (from Intel site), problem remains
    • reset IP & winsock through netsh, problem remains
    • clear out all network cache entries from registry, no difference

    Anything else I could try before throwing in the towel and reinstalling?

    EDIT: Interesting. When I am connected to the wired network by an Ethernet cable (different network adapter, by Broadcomm), the wireless network does show up and I can even connect to it and stay connected even when I remove the wired network cable and roam the house from AP to AP. However, when I start up not connected by wired cable, the wireless problem is still as described above.

    UPDATE I can get the networks to show up by restarting the WLAN Autoconfig service, then disabling and re-enabling the adapter. Unfortunately the machine tends to lose the network again after a while (can be minutes to hours).

    UPDATE The issue seems to have disappeared as mysteriously as when it appeared. Getting a new machine shortly, so I will drop the case for now unless new info turns up.


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  • BSDIT

    It could be a power issue see this link (Microsoft forum)

    "If you are having a problem with your wireless connection after resuming from hibernate or sleep, or are having intermittent connectivity issues, try to adjust your Power Management profile to change your Wireless Adapter Settings to Maximum Performance. a. To do this click “Change Plan Settings” next to your Power Profile, and choose “Wireless Adapter Settings” and set it to Maximum Performance. You should do this with all of your power profiles. Additional guidance is available here: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/features/power-management "

  • Linker3000

    Have a look in the properties of the wireless connection and see whether the encryption method has changed from TKIP to AES or vice versa - XP and Vista, at least, have an annoying habit of flipping this occasionally and it causes the kind of symptoms you describe.

  • studiohack

    I had a similar issue. Windows 7 wireless client stopped connecting to my wireless AP. I 'fixed' the problem by disabling/enabling the wireless adapter in Windows: "Control Panel" -> "Network and Sharing Center" -> "Change Adapter Settings". Right click on wireless adapter then "disable". Right click again and "enable".

    My Windows 7 client connected successfully after this.

  • Paul Mc

    I experienced the same problem on my Windows 7 machine. I pressed the button to turn off wireless access. Later I turned it back on but then it would not connect. I restarted the machine and it still would not connect. I then powered it off, left it for a few minutes and powered it back on. After that it connected. Sounds like windows 7 was "being clever" and turned off something to save power. Note bot while being able to connect I was still able to connect with Vista.

  • harrymc

    You can also try to :

    • Disable iPV6 on the wireless adapter.
    • Use "route print" to a file, and compare before and after the problem appears
    • Open "Network Connections", and compare status before and after the problem appears

    If any differences are found between the status before and after the problem appears, this might help to pinpoint the problem.