Fix: Windows couldn’t automatically bind the IP protocol stack to the network adapter

Dude, you made my day. Have been searching for a fix for my wi fi problem since a few days after my windows upgrade to Win 10. Your fix 2 worked for me without any problem. So nice of you for posting with screenshots. Really helped. Thanx a ton..

Man, why couldn’t post this 2 months backk… I have been thinking to downgrade to win 7, but I thought I wanna give a last try for solving my prob. And Voila!!! U posted a perfect solution for this problem. So much thanks to u…
I searched in many websites… But in ur website it is crystal clear and focussed on fixing the prob with nice screenshots… Kudos for ur effort…..And hope u maintain this site like this only ……

I still have the same problem. Have tried the above with no luck. I have a realtek PCIe GBE Family controller, (Driver ver 9.1.404.2015, date 4/5/2015) and a Media Tek 802.11n wireless lan card, (Driver ver 5.0.57.0, date 5/18/2015). Both have a message under events in their properties that further installation is required. Any assistance would be much appreciated.

Updated the drivers through device manager, though the wireless driver was the latest version. Went back through the steps above and still have the same issue. I also removed all instances of zone alarm as i read that also could cause problems. This all happened after the computer updated overnight on the 5th Oct. I now have a whole lot of files that say they were installed on that date. Is it possible that a virus has disabled a service and this is causing the issue?

I would have restored to an earlier date but they all seem to have been deleted. Don’t have anniversary update installed.

Thanks man .
It worked ..
Thank you very much.

Mine is a wired ethernet connection on a PC I migrated from Windows 8 a while back. Everything was fine until about a month ago. I tried evrything listed here and no luck. Then I remembered Eric Campfens’ comment about Zone Alarm. I uninstalled it and was able to connect. Zone Alarm probably did an update sometime back and it created the issue. However, I really appreciated your clear and concise instructions. I have rusty PC skills so your directions we perfect for me to work with. Too many gear heads don’t talk at the layman’s level so their “help” is pretty much worthless to me. Keep up the good work, Kapil! (And thank you, Eric for the side comment!)

I had a wired ethernet that stopped working for last two days. I spent lot of time reading internet posts but nothing worked finally got your page and Step-1 to 4 provided in your post worked just like charm. You made my day. Quit happy and satisfied now only because of your expert advice.
Thank you & Regards

why Iam get this problen again 3 day after reset windows

Hi I have a VPN client that i had checked…After I unchecked, and followed above instructions, I got my WiFi connection going…However, I do still want to use VPN, and please advise. Thank you.

Thanks, it works with my wifi, but does not work with ethernet, please show me how to fix this for ethernet.

Man, Thanx a lot…i spent two days tryin to figure out the problem…the first method worked great…thanx angain

Thanks so much!!!

Fix 1 – worked Thank you

After 5 days of reading wrong or incoherent advice, I followed your directions and fixed the problem in10 minutes. Thanks.

the above didnt work for me. after desperately searching around and testing any remedy i can get my hands on, finally this work:
Control Panel\System and Security\Administrative Tools\Services\WLAN AutoConfig
select startup type as “Automatic”, apply and restart the system.
worked like magic.

Thanks so much. It took care of my problem. I have tried other suggestions only to waste my time. First method worked… Thanks again.

Thank you, sir. Nothing else worked but this did! :)

I tried both the options but it didn’t work out.

I tried both for my windows 10 machine where I get “could not bind the ip protocol stack to the network adapter” when fixing no internet no connections aree available diagnostics.

In Fix2 usingf regedit, the step 4
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces I have many more entries 11 (your example shows 5) where one of them matches the copied value from step 3 where I added DhcpConnEnableBcastFlagToggle per step 5. However there is also did not solve the problem after reboot.

So still looking for a solution. Yours looked like it would solve the problem I am having since almost 2 weeks now where suddenly after several months of upgrading to win10 where all worked fine, I lost Ethernet connectivity, but unfortunately these did not solve the problem.

omg 1 of the best tutor about fix error wifi on windows 10, thx god finally i found this web
Note: if u guys stuck in steps 4 u can jump to step 5 and then restart ur computer. after that booomm ur wifi icon appear

There´s no doubt you’re an expert my friend , as mentioned in many replies “you make my day”, etc.. etc..
Root Cause: VPN third party called “Hide.me”
Solution as per in fix 1, I just unchecked these two items: “ANOD Network Security Filter Driver” and “Microsoft Network Adapted Multiplexor Protocol”
Done!
Many Thanks!

I have this problem and tried all these fixes but still no luck.

You are a real genius, thanks a lot.
I had to uninstall a proxy adapter installed there.

Many, many thanks

Hi Kapil, I just wanted to say thank you so much for your help. All my computers and laptops were facing this problem after the windows update. Following your steps, we managed to solve this issue. You’re truly a live saver. Real genius work!!!

Thank you SO much. My laptop was working one moment, stopped the next. You fox did the trick. Since I live on this laptop, you really saved me!

Thank you for the help! I was very close to factory reset my laptop.
It would be interesting to hear how you came to that conclusion.
Thank you so much again!

Have been having problems with connectivity to the internet. My wifi card is fried, so had been using a dlink USB dongle connected to a USB port. That stopped connecting, so attached a 802.11n USB wireless cardof Ralink Technology Corp with a mediated inc driver version 5.1.16.0 dated 06.06/14.I am using windows 10 ver 1511 64 bit OS. Troubleshooter shows adapter driver is out of date. Searched for updated driver ( auto) , says already have the most recent driver. Says Windows could not auto bind the IP protocolstack to the network adapter. Device manager says working fine, uninstalled and rebooted, no change. Reset network to default using admin command prompt, all OK except after ipconfig /renew comes up with – This op failedas no adapter is in the state premissible for this operation. If I connect the USB wireless card, or remove it, the laptop crashes and says WDF_VIOLITION and restarts. Help. Help .Run out of all options.

Fix2 just worked for me. My Yoga 900 / Win 10 wifi adapter was working 2 days ago, not yesterday. The regedit fix just worked! Thanks for your help and clear instructions!

Fixed mine after stupid windows 10 creator forcing the update which I don’t want.

Thank you a million, solution 1 worked for me
you made my day.. I’m speechless

thaaaanx

Kapil — Greetings from the USA. Have spent a week trying to resolve my intermittent network adapter issue with no luck, came across your fix and all seems to be working steadily now. Thank you so much and extra thanks for such clear instructions. My first venture into registry editing!!! I am bookmarking your site.

After installing the patch KB4022715 for windows 10 version :1607, few machines Network port are not working. I have tried installing the latest driver and few steps mentioned in the other page . In diagnose test the error promoted “windows couldn’t automatically bind the ip protocol stack to the network adapter” .
I had followed the steps mentioned in the below page also , but no luck . Please help us. almost 70 machines got effected on this

Hi Kapil,
I tried to install the KB4022716 patch , but it is saying “The update is not applicable to this computer “

ZONE alarm was the culprit. Uninstalled it and boom!!

I tried these steps, and still had no WiFi. I then started the “WLAN AutoConfig” service, and set it to Automatic. It worked 100%. Start > type “Services” > find “WLAN AutoConfig” in the list, right click and select Start. Thereafter, right click again, select Properties and change Startup Type to Automatic. Hope this helps somebody!

Thanks Kaps.
After strulling 3 hours not get solution then find the error and search. and follow the steps as per blog and genuine issue has been resolved.
Thank you so much kaps.

Man , thanks a lot , i was just so worried about all this and boom it workes perfectly 😂

THANK YOU!
For a non-techie, this was so easy to follow and worked instantly. You saved my butt!!!

Thanks so much guys.
Took four hours of searching to succeed.
It was at the below point that it began working:

4. Moving on, in your network adapter property sheet, under This connection uses the following items section, keep only these entries checked and uncheck remaining ones:

Thanks a million X x x x

In services clicked auto for wlan and ticked only items in adapter properties and it worked. Thanks for your info. Keep up the good work.

I had this occur and spent 2 days diagnosing. It was caused by the removal of Checkpoint VPN client. Reinstalling fixed the issue, super frustrating.

Step 1 worked first time. Checked the Registry entries (step 2) just to be sure they were correct. Wireless now connects to the inet. Been working on this all evening. THANX!!!

Hey, Fix 1 worked. Awesome. I was facing wifi issue from many days. I almost came to last step to re-install my OS. But your fix worked. Thanks a LOT!!!!

Fix 2 worked – wow – how was this worked out?

Thanks alot man

How do you know which registry subkey’s servicenane to use in step 3 of the second method? I have sub keys: 2 and 15
But i dont know which servicename to paste onto the registry key.