Have a new Fritz Box (change provider). Every device works perfectly with it, except for my laptop (Lenovo Y50 with Windows 10), on which the network is simply not displayed. I've already checked fritz.box to see if any settings need to be changed, but haven't found anything. The network is visible to new devices and is normally password-protected.
As I said, the router is not displayed at all via the network and sharing center, but it is displayed on any other device (cell phone, PC, other laptop, printer, consoles). I have already updated drivers, connected via LAN cable (of course, the Internet is then possible, but it does not find the WLAN either), deactivated the firewall, performed Windows troubleshooting, deactivated and reactivated the network adapter. Other Wi-Fi networks work normally on the laptop.
I wanted to try using WPS, but I don't think I have a WPS button on my laptop. Or can you activate it somehow?
Does anyone have a suggestion for a solution?
If the WLAN is visible on other devices and not on the Lenovo, it can only be due to the Lenovo. Which WLAN standards does it support? Could also be a defective WLAN module.
What are Wi-Fi standards? As I said, all other networks (e.g. The old router or mobile hotspot) are found by the laptop. So I don't think anything is broken.
These are the different frequency bands that are used. Higher frequency bands are newer, so it can happen that an old device no longer supports the latest area that did not exist in production. In simple words.
802.11b / g - 2.4 GHz band
802.11ac - 5 GHz band
802.11ad - 60 GHz band
802.11ah - 900 MHz band
If only the newest one is active on the router and the old ones are inactive, then devices that can't use this standard can't see the WLAN at all.
Therefore, first see which standard the laptop supports, then look in the router to see whether it is active.
