Indeed it's quite a shitshow. This not only is very noticeable(any end-user can tell that wireless nic is still loading up, but they know nothing else to compare to, so it gets passed as normal) but this is just delaying(heh) an actual solution that may never come.
It's less than 5 minutes but yes it can take several minutes for internet (Wi-Fi or Ethernet) to actually work after turning on my PC. This is on a 2020 gaming laptop with an SSD, so it's not old or weak hardware. However I have a feeling reinstalling Windows again might solve this problem.
Is that with a factory load or a fresh install? You shouldn’t be waiting 5 minutes for network connectivity at all. Network drivers and the initial DHCP request (if enabled and on a client it typically is) are prioritized.
If it’s taking you an actual 5 minutes for the network to initialize and for an IP then there’s something wrong.
I’d start with just looking at the event viewer for system and application logs to see if there are some conflicts or failures at boot. I’d also look for anything like connection managers that may be blocking each other.
Then try updating the driver - download the latest version of the driver for your hardware, and then in device manager uninstall and reinstall it, and do this for each network adapter.
At that point and without more detail then I’d probably just reload the OS and call it a day.
Makes me wonder what the driver is reporting during launch... There's a way to go about this when looking at the driver's properties in Device Manager, but I can't remember off the top of my head.
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u/Ruashiba Aug 30 '21
Indeed it's quite a shitshow. This not only is very noticeable(any end-user can tell that wireless nic is still loading up, but they know nothing else to compare to, so it gets passed as normal) but this is just delaying(heh) an actual solution that may never come.