Not being able to connect to your network can prevent you from doing a lot of tasks on your computer. Even system updates won’t be able to install until you have an active connection again. Since most networking connection issues are relatively minor and easy to solve, there isn’t much to worry about. With a bit of work, you’ll be connected to your network again.

Why You Can’t Connect to the Network

A variety of issues can prevent you from connecting to a network. When the problem first appears, it can be difficult to tell exactly what’s causing it. Troubleshooting each issue to pinpoint or eliminate it is the best and quickest way to reconnect to the network you’re trying to reach.

Whatever problem you’re experiencing, going through the steps to find and fix it will be easy, relatively quick, and will get you back online in no time.

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How to Fix Can’t Connect to This Network?

Start with the most straightforward and most frequently used solutions to the problems. Since they’re more common than niche solutions, you’re more likely to find your fix without additional work.

Restart Your Computer and Your Network

Often a simple reset will get your entire system working again. Though restarting your computer alone might fix it, restarting your wireless network is also a good idea.

If it’s working again at this point, you’re good to go. Sometimes a wireless network just stops responding, and once it starts again, there are no more problems. If it becomes a frequent issue, you may need to consider your equipment and whether it’s damaged.

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you may also refresh the network in a different way from your computer. To do this, youuse Command Promptand enter certain lines that instruct your computer to perform specific actions with your network connection.

While Command Prompt instructions aren’t case-sensitive, it’s essential to input them with the exact wording, or else they won’t work correctly.

you may perform these steps without harming your active connection or internet settings. It may also help with DNS errors on web pages.

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If you still can’t connect, try using the networking troubleshooters that Windows has built into the operating system.

Enable/Disable Wireless Driver

you may also stop and restart the driver. Doing this might help it if it’s frozen or lagged out in some way. However, if you have to do it regularly, it could indicate a problem with your hardware.

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