I've been using eduVPN for the university for about two months, and just yesterday, my laptop running Windows 11 stopped connecting to any WiFi networks. This issue seems similar to what happened in 2025 when Hamachi caused a similar problem, and the IT team had to reinstall Windows to fix it. I'm really hoping to avoid that this time. Here's what I've tried so far: restarting my laptop, uninstalling eduVPN and clearing traces in the device manager, resetting the network settings, manually uninstalling and reinstalling my WiFi driver, flushing DNS in Command Prompt, and diagnosing the connection, which showed issues reaching the DNS server. I noticed some network connections changed after the reset, but I'm still having trouble connecting. Any suggestions on what else I could try before considering a Windows reinstallation would be greatly appreciated!
3 Answers
Definitely sounds frustrating! After uninstalling eduVPN, make sure there are no remnants in your network settings. You might also want to check your firewall settings in case something’s blocking the connection inadvertently. If nothing else works, consider trying to do a system restore to a point before you installed the VPN, if that’s possible.
It sounds like you've done a lot of troubleshooting already! Sometimes, VPNs leave behind traces that disrupt network connections even after uninstallation. You might want to check if there are any leftover virtual adapters from eduVPN that could be causing this. You can do this by going to Device Manager and looking under 'Network adapters.' If you see anything that looks like a virtual adapter linked to eduVPN, try uninstalling it. Also, logging in with another admin account could help isolate the issue as well. Good luck!
I feel your pain! VPN software can sometimes mess things up pretty badly. It's worth checking the system logs (you can find them in the Event Viewer) to see if there are specific errors being reported around the time you try to connect to WiFi. If you're up for it, updating your BIOS might also be a last resort before the reinstall, but back everything up just in case!
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