1607 - no Wifi on HOST but Linux VM has no problem with Internet !!!

Hi there

after no problem with all the various updates on Windows 1607 I've really got a strange one now

Laptop (HP envy) has lost Wifi and Internet connectivity on the Windows HOST - but a Linux VM I'm running on the same laptop has absolutely NO problem connecting to both 2.4 and 5 GHZ wifi networks.

The Wifi card in the computer is a bog standard Intel Dual Band Wifi adapter AC7265 -- been running fautlessly ever since the start of the W10 program.



Not sure why this adapter should suddenly stop working - I've checked the VM and it hasn't "hogged" the device by disconnecting it from the host.

Reverting back to BEFORE latest updates were applied -- all working again.

(No changes of any kind were made to the Linux VM so it's not the VM that's at fault here).

Can't understand why this update should hose up a perfectly decent reliable piece of working hardware !!!!!!.

Cheers
jimbo

Hi there

VMware usually works by creating a Virtual Network adapter leaving the HOST to actually control the physical network adapter although like HYPER-V you can use the actual physical hardware too.

I had previously updated VMware -- no problem whatsoever.

The Linux system treats the actual Virtual Network adapter as a 1GB/s wired Ethernet connector even though the HOST is on Wifi.



Cheers
jimbo

Hi there

Latest set of updates - re-applied and it's working again -- looked at the logs and couldn't see any error applying the updates last time !!!

Sometimes Windows just does that though

I think "It's the Ghost in the Machine" !!!! (can't remember the movie name that saying appeared in but it was good).

Cheers
jimbo