I'm staying at an Airbnb where the Wi‑Fi works perfectly on my phone, but the network doesn't appear at all in the available networks list on my PC. Is there a way to make the network show up or troubleshoot why the computer can't detect it?
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Your PC’s Wi‑Fi adapter may not be detecting the band or channel the router is using, even if both devices support Wi‑Fi 6. Try updating or reinstalling the Wi‑Fi driver, restarting the adapter, and checking whether the router is broadcasting a 2.4 GHz network as well as 5 GHz. Some adapters also have trouble with certain DFS channels, so switching the router to a standard non-DFS channel may help if you can access its settings.
The PC is fairly new and has Wi‑Fi 6, and the router also appears to use Wi‑Fi 6, so I wasn’t expecting a compatibility issue. I’ll check the driver and frequency settings.