Cannot connect to wireless network

MrDachay

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May 6, 2016
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This morning I had to reset the CMOS on my desktop computer to resolve an unrelated issue. This fixed my original problem, but this afternoon I can no longer connect to my wireless network. I am using a usb wireless adapter. Thinking the adapter itself might be going bad, I tried another one and got the same exact behavior. Both devices "see" the network but will not connect to it.

I have downloaded and installed the latest drivers for the 2nd adapter, but still got the same thing.

I use mac address filtering on my router. The wifi addresses for both adapters are present In the filter list and everthing looks fine. However, just in case I tried turning off mac filtering entirely, and still no change.

I'm lost. Did resetting the CMOS change something I'm missing? I can't think of anything else I might have done, and everything worked fine before today.

Btw, I am running Win 10 Pro, 64 bit.
 

MrDachay

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May 6, 2016
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SOLVED

Not sure why it worked, but I turned my network security completely off. Once I did that, I was immediately able to connect to the network and get on the internet. Then when I turned the security back on, I was still able to connect.

Maybe someone can explain exactly what that did, but in hindsight, I probably should have tried it sooner. :pt1cable:
 

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