My wi-fi will not turn on.

[ringsing4ever]

I have a Dell XPS running windows 10. When I go into settings, The wi-fi was working and then suddenly it wasn't. It has turned off and won't be turned back on. I can slide the Wi-fi slider to "on" but it doesn't actually turn on and then the slider goes back to "off". I have restarted and cold started several times. I have checked "turn wi-fi on in 1 hour" and waited. I have disabled and enabled both wi-fi and ethernet. Nothing is working.

 

[robert600]

If the switch is the problem, this might work.

You can turn the wireless on and off from the command line. But first you need to know the wi-fi name. Go to Control Panel ... select Network and Sharing Center ... click on 'change adapter settings' and look to see what your wi-fi connection is called ... mine is called Wireless Network Connection 5 so my example will use that name - you use whatever the name of yours is.

right click on command prompt and select 'run as administer'

type this on the command line and then press enter:

netsh interface set interface "Wireless Network Connection 5" admin=enable

This should turn it on.



typing this and hitting enter:

netsh interface set interface "Wireless Network Connection 5" admin=disable

should turn it off.

 

[Calvin7]

The XPS (Xtreme Performance System) name dates back to 1990. There are XPS desktops and XPS laptops.
This information may be helpful in determining your model number:
To find your product model using the BIOS.

1.Turn on your computer.
2.As soon as you see the Dell logo screen, press the F2 key once a second to access the BIOS.
3.On the BIOS menu, you will find the product model in the menu title or listed under System Name