Network errors are more frustrating, and they become even more annoying if they suddenly occur when you are playing your favorite online game, being involved in some important works. If your connection is not stable or your Firefox is not allowing some websites which are sighted to be vulnerable, we might see this error Unidentified Network error. It doesn’t matter if you connected the system through wireless LAN or Ethernet.
Unidentified Network error occurs commonly in Windows 10 when your browser shows you that it is unable to connect to the internet. These errors might come from a variety of sources. To fix this error, it is essential to identify the proper cause for the issue. So let us look at some issues.
1. Windows not up to date
The updated version mostly fixes the bug that occurs with the previous versions. If the previous Windows version contains some bugs, then it might cause some network issues. Windows 10 automatically updates itself, but if in case we do not update it because of some network issues, then you should update it.
2. Miss configured IP
Networks identify your PC with a unique 16 bit IP address. If the IP address is not configured properly, it could cause many issues while connecting to a network through the internet.
3. Corrupted (NCD) network card driver
You must keep an eye to keep your peripheral drivers of the system up to date. If your hardware drivers such as the NCD driver are corrupted, this forms the reason for the Unidentified Network error, making your system unable to connect to the network.
4. Network settings
Incorrect network settings of your PC prevent you from establishing a proper internet connection.
5. Malware Applications
Various third-party applications are not allowed by your firewall. So this prevents your windows from connecting to suspicious networks.
How to fix Unidentified Network Error
To fix the Unidentified Network error, you can try the following steps:
Turn off Flight Mode
We know that Windows 10 also supports Flight mode, there might be a chance that you unintentionally left the flight mode on, or forget to turn it off.
So check that, click on the network icon that you could see on your taskbar. Navigate to the notification area, or its if is hidden, you can simply click the up arrow to select.
Now check whether we turn the Flight mode on or off. If it is on, scroll to the side of your Flight mode icon to disable it.
Check Your LAN Settings
Sometimes, if your PC changes its LAN (Local Area Network settings) settings and updates itself frequently, an automatic change in LAN can cause the issue. So, by just changing the settings of the LAN, you can bring your previous internet connection to work.
Follow the below-mentioned steps to change your LAN settings
- Press (
Windows+ R) keys together, then type inetcpl. CPL in the run command and then press enter to open the Internet Properties.
- Navigate through the Connections tab and select LAN settings.
- Here you can see different checkboxes. If we set our settings to default as Automatically detect settings, Uncheck Use a Proxy Server for your LAN and make sure Automatically detect settings checked.
- Then Click on Ok, then on Apply and reboot your PC. Just check your browser if it works properly.
Check your Wi-Fi connection
If you connect your system through the Wi-Fi hotspot, there may be a chance that there's no working Internet connection. If the Wi-Fi internet connection is disconnected, because of different reasons such as network issues, operators issues. Then it is obvious that you lost connection with your browser.
In such a case, your browser will show an unidentified Network Error.
Sometimes because of heavy load and traffic, the modem disconnects itself from the internet, as they designed it to support only up to a particular spare capacity. Try restarting your modem; this will restart all of its connections to Wi-Fi.
Restart your computer and check if it loaded your browser with no error. If you have a good Wi-Fi connection, Chrome will automatically reconnect to the webpage. So, this can help you fix the Unidentified Network Error.
Update drivers
To update the drivers automatically, follow the below-mentioned steps:
- Press (Windows + X) key, select Windows PowerShell. You will enter a screen, type verifier, here, and hit enter. After the operation completes, it will launch a Driver verifier Manager.
- Now, select the option Create standard settings from the options panel and click on Next.
- Choose Automatically select all drivers installed on this computer, then click on Next.
After this, the PC will automatically restart and if there are internal driver errors, it will display them solving these errors will rectify the problem.
To update the drivers manually, follow the steps mentioned below:
- Go to search, then go to Device Manager, this displays a list of devices that are installed on your computer. Right-click on the devices which you find problematic and then click on Properties. Click Driver and click on Update Driver.
- Click on Search automatically for updated driver software.
- After then restart your computer
Temporarily disable your antivirus
In most cases, antivirus software conflicts with your network settings. Now, you can temporarily disable third-party antivirus software and try if the issue is resolved.
Conclusion:
The article gives you the reasons and also the best potential solutions for Unidentified Network Error. I hope these solutions will help you, otherwise, contact your network operator to sort out the issue.
