Wifi suddenly stopped

yensama

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I was using public wireless as usual. Then it got disconnected, this is also usual since it tends to have me reconnect every few hours.

But this time it wouldnt reconnect, then i noticed something strange. In the wireless network connection trey, there is no available network at all (usually there are 10+). I then realize something is wrong. I tried using the 'troubleshoot problems' but it says like its the router problem. I tried re-enable the hardware but it says it is working fine. I didnt know what to do so I restart and it is working fine.

What concerned me is what happened. Do i have virus? Is the hardware wearing out? or did i just pressed something wrong.

Thanks,
 


Hello and welcome to Tom's Hardware Forums.

I wonder if this is as simple as your wireless chip cutting out because of power saving options. Find it in Device Manager and in the Properties, go to Power Management and untick "Allow the computer to turn this device off to save energy" then click Apply and OK your way out.