I used to have a strong Wi-Fi connection, but it's not as reliable now.
I used to have a strong Wi-Fi connection, but it's not as reliable now.
Early on, my internet was solid thanks to Wi-Fi, but lately it’s been a struggle. My location matters—it’s close to the Canadian border, which gives me a satellite link. For years, that worked, though HughesNet’s signal has weakened. Starlink stepped in and changed everything for the better; I’m thrilled with the performance and cost savings. I joined the beta and was delighted until my old router failed. After contacting Starlink, they told me my connection was poor and sent a refurbished model instead. The replacement arrived slowly, but it fixed things—except for my PC. All my devices, including my Macs, phones, tablets, and Android TV, booted up immediately. My PC, however, remained unresponsive. I’ve tried reinstalling Windows 10 and other fixes, but nothing seems to work. I’m still trying to figure this out and reached out for advice. Please share any guidance you have.
Consider executing your command through your router, especially if it connects via a modem linked to a satellite. Disconnect all Wi-Fi devices and only connect your PC or try again. If needed, access admin settings to verify your DNS server is correct and capable of broadcasting the signal. Sometimes faulty adapters cause issues—my setup failed after months on a USB port. For better reliability, invest in an internal PCIe Wi-Fi card.
If it doesn't show up in device manager, it's not detected at all, so drivers should not load. It could be your wireless card just died all the sudden. It's very rare but it happens. If the wireless card is in a pci-e slot, i could be somehow the wireless card popped out of the slot. Maybe open the side panel and while the computer is turned off, wiggle it into the slot to make sure it's seated well, or unscrew, unplug, plug again to make sure it sits well. Maybe try moving it in another pci-e slot, just in case something happened to that pci-e slot causing it to no longer work) Maybe try cleaning the edge connector of the pci-e card just in case there's crap on it, oxidation from humidity etc - use a soft eraser to rub the gold fingers, use a wet paper towel (with water or sanitary alcohol or isopropyl alcohol) to wipe it when done, let it dry then plug back in. The pci-e slot itself .. take a sheet of paper, fold it several times to get the right thickness, slide it in the slot and move the paper across the length of the slot - the paper is abrasive enough to break some of the oxides that may be on the contacts in the slot. If it's a card that's mounted in a m.2 connector (maybe near the io shield) , again, make sure it's still seated properly into the slot. With some computers, the M.2 slot shares resources with other things like sata ports, pci-e slots, but if you didn't add or change anything to the computer it shouldn't be an issue. Double check that you didn't disable the wireless card from the BIOS by accident, or maybe the bios was reset to defaults disabling the wireless card somehow ... have a look in the bios for anything related to onboard peripherals , wireless etc etc If the wireless card is detected and drivers load, I would have suspected an issue of your card being 5ghz only but the starlink being 2.4 ghz only or crap like that, but I think starlink's both 2.4g and 5g Make sure the antennas are properly inserted in the wireless card connectors and tightened well (if the connectors are the screw type)
The Wi-Fi functionality is integrated into the motherboard, eliminating the need for a separate card. The BIOS supports Wi-Fi. Initially, when it stopped working (during the dish issue), devices appeared in the Device Manager as grayed-out entries after selecting “Show hidden devices” and “Scan for hardware changes.” I removed these from the manager per a guide. They claimed they would reinstall automatically on reboot, but that didn’t happen. Now I need to manually reinstall them where they show up in the Device Manager.