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Fix: Hidden Network Can’t Connect To This Network

To fix a Wifi hidden network problem, turn on Broadcasting & grab the SSID ?

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Updated onSeptember 23, 2024

updated onSeptember 23, 2024

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Many users reported Windows can’t connect to a hidden network. While you should be able to connect by entering the correct SSID and password, that won’t always work.

But don’t worry, in this guide, we’ll explain all you need to know to successfully connect to a hidden network on your Windows PC.

How do I fix the hidden WiFi network?

1. Manually connect to the hidden SSID network

Sometimes in order to connect to the hidden wireless network, you need to make a few changes to your network connection. To do that, follow the steps described above.

This quick workaround should fix your Wifi hidden network problem, and your computer should automatically connect to your default network.

2. Turn off your Bluetooth

After doing that, the Bluetooth will be disabled and you should be able to connect to a hidden WiFi network without any issues.

If you want to quickly disable Bluetooth, you can do it right from the Action Center. To do that, simply follow these steps:

Ifremoving the Bluetooth device failed, you can also try to disable Bluetooth from Device Manager. To do that, just follow these steps:

Once the Bluetooth is disabled, try to connect to a hidden wireless network and check if the problem is resolved.

3. Temporarily turn on SSID broadcasting

After you enter the necessary information, check if the problem still persists. If the problem is still present, you need to log in to your router and temporarily turn on the SSID broadcasting feature.

Then, connect to your wireless network and turn off SSID broadcasting once again.

4. Check your power management options

After making these changes, your PC should be able to connect to a hidden network without too many issues.

According to users, in order to connect to a hidden network, your network adapter should be prevented from going to sleep. This isn’t hard, and you can change this setting by following the steps described above.

5. Forget the wireless network

If you’re having problems connecting to a hidden wireless network, you might be able to fix the problem simply by forgetting the network.

After doing that, manually connect to the hidden network and check if that solves the problem. This is just a workaround, but it works according to users, so we encourage you to try it out.

6. Select the hidden network from the list of networks

According to users, you can connect to a hidden WiFi network simply by selecting it from the list of networks. After doing that, you should be able to connect to a hidden network without any issues.

Hidden networks can be useful since they can hide from the public, but any user that has the required information can easily access them.

As you can see, certain issues can occur while trying to connect to a hidden network, but we hope that you managed to solve them using one of our solutions.

Fix: Hidden Network Can’t Connect To This Network#

How do I fix the hidden WiFi network?#

1. Manually connect to the hidden SSID network#

2. Turn off your Bluetooth#

3. Temporarily turn on SSID broadcasting#

4. Check your power management options#

5. Forget the wireless network#

6. Select the hidden network from the list of networks#