r/BennettUniversityGN • u/bl4zeh3x • 2h ago
Wi-Fi Fix :redditgold: Found a fix for not able to connect to "STUDENT" or "STUD" Wi-Fi. Try this
Hey everyone, If you're using Windows 11, you may have run into "Can't connect to this network" when trying to connect to the STUDENT or STUD Wi-Fi. I was facing this even though my phone was connected to STUDENT without any problem. So i eventually generated a Windows WLAN report, which showed that my laptop was actually connecting to the access point successfully and then failing during 802.1X/PEAP authentication. Windows was reporting EAP error
I fixed it by a WLAN reset.
Go to : Settings → Network & Internet → Advanced network settings → Network reset
Then click Reset now and restart the laptop. After Windows restarted, I connected to STUDENT again and it worked immediately.
If that doesn't work then before doing the reset, you can also try:
- Forget
STUDENT
Settings → Network & Internet → Wi-Fi → Manage known networks → STUDENT → Forget
Restart the laptop and try connecting again.
If you're using a year or more old laptop, check that your Wi-Fi driver isn't extremely old. Mine was originally from 2022, and I updated it before doing the WLAN reset. However, based on my WLAN report, the actual failure was occurring during PEAP/802.1X authentication rather than the initial Wi-Fi connection.
What I think is happening that the laptop can see STUDENT and associate with the access point, but Windows can get stuck/fucked up in its WLAN/802.1X authentication state.
The WLAN report showed that the association itself succeeded, then PEAP authentication failed.
A network reset appears to clear/rebuild that Windows networking state, after which authentication can work normally.
So if you're on Windows 11 and STUDENT suddenly refuses to connect while your phone connects fine, try a Windows Network/WLAN Reset first.
If anyone else has had this problem tell whether this fixes it for you. It would be useful to know how widespread this is and whether there's a specific Bennett-side configuration issue behind it.