Windows 10 on the network: More tips

Here are some tips for Windows 10 networks. On this page we are dealing with WLAN settings and the network profile.


Tip 4: Set up a WLAN connection under Windows 10


The setup of a new WLAN connection under Windows 10 is similar to Win 7. The fastest access to the list of all available WLANs in Reichsweist is available in Windows 10 by clicking on the network connection icon at the bottom right of the systray of the taskliste. A black background menu opens. Make sure the rectangular box in the lower-left corner shows the Available entry. If WLAN is entered in this field, your WLAN adapter is not active. Click this field to turn on your wireless adapter.


Tip 5: The new network center of Windows 10


If this is not the case, try activating it using the WLAN function key on your notebook. In the menu item Data usage, Windows 10 shows the entire WLAN and LAN traffic of the past 30 days - and breaks this data quantity into the usage details even on the individual apps.


Tip 6: Change the profile of a network connection at a later time


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If your WLAN adapter is activated, ie, Available, the menu displays a list of the names of all available WLANs in the environment. Click the name (SSID) of your wireless network, and then press the Connect button. Now press the WPS button on your router and the wireless connection to the home network is established automatically.


Similar to the LAN connection in Tip 3, you will be asked once again whether you would like to allow your PC to be found by other PCs and devices on the network. Also here: If the WLAN is your home network router, confirm with Yes and the personal firewall is switched off.


However, if you have just connected to the public hotspot in the hotel or airport, select No and Windows 10 protects you with the personal firewall against possible attacks by unknown participants in the public network. And if you accidentally clicked the selection window or accidentally made a mistake? Then change the setting of the network profile simply afterwards. Tip 5 describes how this works with Windows 10.


In the network and sharing center of Windows 7 you could switch the sharing options of a network connection by clicking on a link. In the network and sharing center of Windows 10, the network profile of the current connection is displayed, but the link to change has disappeared. At all, the network and sharing center in Windows 10 is only very limited use and deserves its name actually no more. All important network settings in Windows 10 can now be accessed via the key combination [Win] + [i], which first opens the Settings window. Select Network and Internet. Alternatively, you can also click the network connection icon at the bottom right of the taskbar and select Network Settings from the menu.


To change the sharing option of the current WLAN connection, activate the WLAN menu under Settings / Network and Internet in the left-hand window. The controller in the right area should now be set to On. Click the Advanced Options button. Use the following first control under Devices and Contents to control the sharing options of the current WLAN connection.


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If the controller is off, your computer on the network can not be found by other devices because the Personal Firewall is activated. This is the right setting for an insecure, public network. For your WLAN connection to the home network, set the controller to On. The personal firewall is turned off and your machine can be recognized by your other devices on the home network.


If you log on to other encrypted WLAN routers with your laptop, you will remember the access data. Then you do not have to set up the WLAN connection again next time or even enter the WPA password a second time. In Windows 7, these stored wireless networks were accessed via the network and sharing center, not Windows 10.


Here you can find them under Settings / Network and Internet / WLAN. In the right half of the window, select Manage WLAN Settings and scroll down the window below. Under Manage Known Networks, all WLANs with which your computer has already been connected are listed. Attention: Under Windows 10, the WPA passwords can no longer be read out later. You can remove individual entries if the access point no longer exists or if its WPA password has been changed. To do this, click on the entry and go to "Do not save."


Tip 7: Manage Known WLANs


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