Another Issue with Wi-Fi interface not found on the system

[adamsewell]

I'm experiencing a similar issue that was described in #31 but I'm not having any WMI issues. Is this a bug? I appreciate any help!

PS C:\> New-WiFiProfile -ProfileName $ssid -ConnectionMode auto -Authentication WPA2PSK -Encryption AES -Password $ssid_psk
New-WiFiProfile : Wi-Fi interface not found on the system.
At line:1 char:1
+ New-WiFiProfile -ProfileName $ssid -ConnectionMode auto -Authenticati ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,New-WiFiProfile

$PSVersionTable

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      5.1.19041.2364
PSEdition                      Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion                   10.0.19041.2364
CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion              3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1

Get-NetAdapter

Name                      InterfaceDescription                    ifIndex Status       MacAddress             LinkSpeed
----                      --------------------                    ------- ------       ----------             ---------
Local Area Connection 2   Viscosity Virtual Adapter V9.1               16 Not Present  00-FF-BE-8A-AB-32          0 bps
Wireless Network Conne... Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless-AC 3165          15 Up           E0-94-67-A7-F6-20      72.2 Mbps
Local Area Connection     Intel(R) Ethernet Connection I219-V          11 Disconnected 50-7B-9D-95-00-A7          0 bps
Local Area Connection 3   Viscosity Virtual Adapter V9.1 #2             8 Not Present  00-FF-69-65-94-58          0 bps
Bluetooth Network Conn... Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Netw...       6 Disconnected E0-94-67-A7-F6-24         3 Mbps

Get-NetAdapter -Name 'Wireless Network Connection' | fl

Name                       : Wireless Network Connection
InterfaceDescription       : Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless-AC 3165
InterfaceIndex             : 15
MacAddress                 : E0-94-67-A7-F6-20
MediaType                  : Native 802.11
PhysicalMediaType          : Native 802.11
InterfaceOperationalStatus : Up
AdminStatus                : Up
LinkSpeed(Mbps)            : 72.2
MediaConnectionState       : Connected
ConnectorPresent           : True
DriverInformation          : Driver Date 2022-02-20 Version 19.51.40.1 NDIS 6.60

[krzydoug]

Hello,

Could you run the following commands to investigate?

$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'

try{
    Import-Module wifiprofilemanagement -Force
    . (Get-Module wifiprofilemanagement) { $Host.EnterNestedPrompt() }
    $interfaceListPtr = 0
    $clientHandle = New-WiFiHandle
    [WiFi.ProfileManagement]::WlanEnumInterfaces($clientHandle, [IntPtr]::zero, [ref] $interfaceListPtr) | Out-Null
    $wiFiInterfaceList = [WiFi.ProfileManagement+WLAN_INTERFACE_INFO_LIST]::new($interfaceListPtr)
    $wiFiInterfaceList 
    exit
}
catch{
    Write-Warning $_.Exception.Message
}

This will enter the module's scope so we can utilize the underlying classes and query for the interface ourselves. I assume $wifiinterfacelist will be blank based on your issue, but we may see errors that can tell us why.

[kpestalozzi]

I've got the same error when running set-wifiprofile and new-wifiprofile. Get-wifiprofile works fine.

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      5.1.22621.2506
PSEdition                      Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion                   10.0.22621.2506
CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion              3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1

Name                      InterfaceDescription                    ifIndex Status       MacAddress             LinkSpeed
----                      --------------------                    ------- ------       ----------             ---------
WLAN                      Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX211 160MHz               29 Up           00-D4-9E-DA-85-A9        65 Mbps

@krzydoug i've run your commands but I just get an empty $wifiinterfacelist , no errors.