Make sure you choose the correct one and not one for a VPN or virtual machine. In hour case it’s a WiFi adapter, but you may be using an ethernet one instead.
You can see this between the laptop and globe icons under Network Status.įind the network that you identified in the last step.
While you’re there, note the network your PC is connected to. To open the Control Panel menu to change your network adapter settings, click “Status” in the sidebar, then “Change adapter options” in the main pane. Press the Start button and slick on the settings cog above the power button. This is probably the most user-friendly way to change your adapter settings, though the other methods below are typically faster.
Unfortunately, you can’t control your network adapter directly from the settings app, but you can use it to access the legacy Control Panel, which thankfully works just fine.