Your Windows 11 mobile hotspot is stuck broadcasting on the slower 2.4 GHz band, even though your primary adapter supports 5 GHz or 6 GHz. This happens because Windows 11 defaults the hotspot to the 2.4 GHz band when the Wi-Fi adapter driver does not expose the band selection feature correctly. This article explains why … Read more
You want to send only specific traffic through your VPN connection while letting everything else use your normal internet connection. This is called split tunneling. Windows 11 supports split tunneling natively, but the Settings app does not expose the configuration options. You must use PowerShell to set up which traffic goes through the VPN tunnel … Read more
Your internet stops working after uninstalling an old firewall like ZoneAlarm or Norton on Windows 11. Web pages fail to load, but other network devices work fine. This happens because the firewall installed a Layered Service Provider, or LSP, that becomes corrupted when the firewall is removed incompletely. The LSP is a DLL that intercepts … Read more
Windows 11 lets you share files and printers with other devices on your network. By default, network discovery and file sharing can be enabled on both private and public networks. This creates a security risk because public networks, such as those in coffee shops or airports, expose your shared folders to anyone connected. The solution … Read more
When you upgrade to Windows 11 or install a recent security update, you may suddenly find that your network-attached storage device no longer appears in File Explorer. You can still access the NAS by typing its IP address directly, but the device does not show up under Network. This happens because Windows 11 automatically removes … Read more
You have set up Internet Connection Sharing on your Windows 11 PC to share your wired or cellular connection with other devices, but the service refuses to start. The Internet Connection Sharing service, also called SharedAccess, fails to start with error 1068, 1058, or 5. This happens because of missing dependencies, corrupted service configuration, or … Read more
When you enable the Hyper-V role on Windows 11, the system creates a virtual switch called the Default Switch. This switch automatically assigns IP addresses to virtual machines using its own built-in DHCP server. Over time, especially after creating and deleting many VMs, the DHCP lease pool can become exhausted or fragmented. This article explains … Read more
After installing the Windows 11 24H2 update, some business users find the DNS Client service stops automatically minutes after startup. This causes web pages to fail to load, VPN connections to drop, and internal network resources to become unreachable. The root cause is a compatibility change in the 24H2 servicing stack that conflicts with certain … Read more
Windows 11 includes a feature called Always-On VPN that keeps a persistent connection to your corporate network. When the Device Tunnel stops reconnecting after a network drop, remote users lose access to domain resources and management tools. This failure often happens because of misconfigured VPN profile settings, incorrect DNS resolution, or missing certificate trust. This … Read more
You have uninstalled Tailscale from your Windows 11 computer, but your network settings still show a ghost network adapter from Tailscale. This leftover adapter can cause IP address conflicts, slow network discovery, or prevent other VPN software from working correctly. The root cause is that the Tailscale uninstaller sometimes fails to remove the virtual network … Read more