I even tried toggling these on and back off just in case they were bugged. But I double checked every network related device in Device Manager and the 'Allow windows to turn off this device' feature is unchecked, as is the wireless state management feature in Windows power settings (set to Maximum Performance).

I had assumed it was some kind of power saving feature. However, if I click on the connection icon on the system tray, it will pull up the list of available WiFi networks, and for a moment it will only show my (currently connected) network, but after a second it will populate with the other networks in range (neighbors, etc), and the moment it does, my connection comes back. The connection icon still shows connected, but I get page load errors/connection errors on games, etc. But now I've still got an issue that has been plaguing me since the beginning.īasically if my connection goes idle even for a moment (meaning nothing downloading, no pages loading, etc), I frequently and suddenly become unable to connect to anything. Previously I posted on r/Windows10 about some issues with bluescreening when trying to update the driver, but I got all that sorted out thanks to some help. So, I've got a Realtek 8821AE Wireless adapter and Windows 10. Not getting any help over on r/techsupport, so decided to post here.

Realtek rtl8821ae driver windows 7