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Is there a simple script to reset the wi-fi adapter
As Windows 10 evolves, and my hardware gets older, I am finding that wi-fi connections on both laptops (HP/Compaq PresarioCQ57, and Dell latitude E6400) are dropping more frequently.
I guess that the Microsoft Windows 10 driver updates are less compatible with the old hardware than they used to be - I rarely, if ever, had (or have on occasions I still use Windows 8.1) any dropouts with Windows 8/8.1.
I also believe that TCP/IPv6 (which my network provider's router cannot utilize) is the main cause of the problem. If I disable IPv6, then some Windows 10 network functionality is lost. In the past TCP/IPv4 gave me all the internet and connectivity I needed, and still would, except for Windows 10 reliance on IPv6 for location on the network.
The connection to the router remains valid as far as Windows is concerned, but the internet access is not available.
Windows 7 used to have this sort of problem much more commonly, and the solution always was, and is in Windows 10, cured by resetting the adapter, but the diagnostics take up more time than is necessary to get reconnected.
Is there a simple script to disconnect and reset the adapter to restore the connection?
I seem to have forgotten what I used to do, but I think I used to use
ipconfig /flushdns
then
ipconfig /release
followed by
ipconfig /renew
Neither does
netsh int ip reset
seem to resolve the issue,it seems.