Windows Update Broke Wifi
Windows Update Behind My Back After an unapproved windows update on a machine I help administer for my church, the wifi became super finnicky. I had installed a pretty standard AX5400 WiFi 6 PCIe adapter and things were great for a while. ISP and Top-Tier Laziness # The ISP installed the modem and router/AP combo all in one room encased in CMU block in the basement… That is in the worst possible spot in the entire building and the Windows computer of note is as far away from it as possible - but we were cooking just fine with that PCIe card. Suddenly though, after the update and reboot the machine quit receiving an IPv4 address via that interface… Many applications broke in odd ways, and the browser connected to some websites but not others. State Matters # It took a lot of troubleshooting because of 2 things in the mix… Tailscale A second Wi-Fi adapter via USB dongle that was installed while I was out of town (due to the WiFi issues) So because of these 2 things, and mostly the USB ad…