How to Fix the ‘No Wi-Fi Networks Available’ Bug on Windows 11 (AMD) Laptops

Good day!

This bug specifically in Windows 11 — on laptops with AMD processors, I noticed.

The Issue

On Windows 11 laptops with AMD processors, the Wi-Fi adapter sometimes suddenly reports No Wi-Fi networks available — even though the router and ISP are fine, and phones connect normally.

Trigger

Often happens right after an ISP (Internet Service Provider) hiccup, a brief disconnection, or when waking from sleep. Instead of reconnecting, the adapter seems to freeze and stops detecting SSIDs (Service Set Identifiers) entirely.

Cause

It's a quirk of Windows 11 combined with AMD-platform Wi-Fi chipsets (often MediaTek or Realtek). The adapter gets stuck in a bad state, so Windows thinks no wireless networks exist.

Workaround

Instead of installing "latest" drivers and getting confused, we can do this:

Check the router first — use your phone to confirm other devices can see/connect to Wi-Fi.
Shut down the laptop.
Move close to the Wi-Fi router. Please bring the laptop too. Not just you moving closer to the router.
Turn the laptop back on near the router.
If networks still don’t appear, restart once more.

We can call this method as close-range boot. It reliably resets the adapter and forces it to see SSIDs again.

Footnote

An ISP outage shouldn't make SSIDs disappear. What's happening is usually one of these:

Driver bug/state lock on MT7921/RTL8852AE after link loss or sleep, leaving the radio idle with "no networks" until reset.
Power management / Modern Standby (S0ix) power-gates the NIC (Network Interface Card) and it fails to wake or rescan properly. Disabling "allow the computer to turn off this device" often stops it.
Less often, your router jumps to a DFS (Dynamic Frequency Selection) channel after a hiccup. During CAC (Channel Availability Check - radar checks) the AP (Access Point) stops beaconing, so networks vanish for 60 seconds (up to 10 minutes on some channels/firmware). That hides the SSID from every client, temporarily.

That is all. I hope it is useful. See you next time. Cheers! 🙂

2025-08-23T05:00:40-07:00

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