5 Ways To Fix Wifi Adapter Missing In Device Manager On Windows 10 and 11

 Without Wireless adapter you are not able to find any Wi-Fi signal on your windows 10 or 11 system. Wi-Fi adapter or Driver is very important to use Wi-Fi without any interruption. In this guide we will find 5 best ways to solve this issue permanently.

 

METHOD 1. TROUBLESHOOT

Windows has a powerful tool to solve any problem by its own and many times troubleshooter can fix your problem. Troubleshooter also provides the cause of issue you are facing. 

1. You need to go to "Search Bar" and type "Troubleshoot Setting" after that you need to find" Additional Troubleshooter" Then find "Internet Connections" and "Run the troubleshooter".

 

If troubleshoot did not fix your problem you need to follow next step.

METHOD 2. SCAN FOR HARDWARE CHANGES.

This step will help you to find your Wi-Fi adapter missing because sometimes Wi-Fi or other driver hides itself may be various reason like malware infection inappropriate Windows update or incorrect hardware changes. 

1. Go to "Windows Search Bar" and type "Device Manager".

2. Now you need to find "Network Adapter" and expand it with click.

3. You now look for your "Wi-Fi Adapter" as shown below.

4. If you can not see any Wi-Fi adapter then you need go to "Top Menu" and click on "View" and click on "Show hidden devices". 

5. If you still did not see your Wi-Fi adapter then you need to go to " Action" and click on "Scan for hardware changes". 

 6. Now you should find your adapter if yes then "Right click " on your "Wi-Fi Driver" click on "Update" and now restart your PC. This method will reinstall your Wi-Fi driver.

METHOD 3. RESET WINSOCK.

This method will reset all you bad configuration and surely help to resolve the problem. You need to just have admin rights to perform this task. This command can be run in "Administrator Mode". 

1. Go to "Windows Search Bar" and type "CMD" right click on it and "Run as administrator" then prompt will open click on "Yes". 

2. Type below command and hit Enter.

netsh winsock reset

3. Now restart your system, If you are still facing this issue you can follow one more command to fix. This step will reinstall all the Wi-Fi adapters which is needed for windows.

If you are still facing same issue you need to follow next advanced method.

 

 METHOD 4. RESET YOUR NETWORK

Resetting your all network setting can fix this issue .

 You may have to reconfigure VPN setting if your are using.

1 Go to "Start Menu" and click on "Setting" the "Network and Internet".

2. Now click on "Reset Network".

 3. Your computer will be shutdown automatically so better is to restart the system .

netcfg -d

After executing above command you need to restart your system.
 

METHOD 5. INSTALL WIFI DRIVER MANUALLY.

You need to go to another working system and go to "Google or other browser" and

 type your system name.

1. You need to go to "Manufacturer Website " for driver installation because third party website

can hack or leak your confidential data. Simply third party software is not good.

2. Download the latest driver and paste the "Driver Setup" to Pen Drive or other mode.

3. Now you need to install the setup and restart your system.

 

CLOSING WORDS.

Hope your issue is fixed now if not you can check your hardware. You can to go "Command prompt"

and type "ping 127.0.0.1" if you are getting good reply with no packets loss it means your hardware

is in good condition. And you are getting getting reply it means there is a damaged on "NIC Card"

which need to be replaced. You can go to repair shop to get it repaired.