The proper functioning of the WiFi connection is vital, either with the mobile phone or from the computer. In the latter case, the operating system must offer us that reliability and this is not exactly what has happened in recent times with Windows 10. This has resulted in Microsoft having to release another emergency patch for Windows 10 that solves WiFi problems when we are trying to connect to wireless networks protected with WPA3 .
Keeping track of WiFi networks by eliminating those that we do not use in Windows 10 can help us detect operational problems. In some cases, such as “WiFi does not have a valid IP configuration” in Windows 10 , the solution is more or less clear, but in other cases things get complicated. In the one at hand, the users did not know very well because everything did not finish working correctly and it seems that the new security protocol WPA3 was related to it.
KB5001028, Windows 10 Emergency Patch
Microsoft has released another emergency patch in February 2021 outside of the usual package of security updates. In this case, under the name KB5001028 , this patch fixes WiFi connection problems when connecting to a wireless network protected with WPA3.
The problem was introduced with the release of other patches, specifically with the arrival of the cumulative updates of Windows 10 1909. It is indicated that the exact causes were KB4598298 , which arrived on January 21, 2021, and KB4601315 , which was released about few days, on February 9, 2021.
Basically, the failure caused the devices to show the dreaded blue screen of death (Blue Screen of Death or BSOD) when they tried to connect to a WiFi network protected by the new WPA3 protocol that recently arrived to solve the security problems of the previous ones. Currently, it is the recommended protocol, although not all routers offer it and it will gradually arrive over the next few years.
Microsoft explains on its website that “You may get the stop error 0x7E in nwifi.sys with a blue screen when you try to use a Wi-Fi Protected Access 3 (WPA3) connection. You are most likely to encounter this problem when you reconnect to a Wi-Fi network after disconnecting, or when you wake up from sleep or hibernation. “
In addition to the patch, Microsoft gives us some keys to mitigate the problem . The first solution is to upgrade to Windows 10, version 2004 or Windows 10, version 20H2. The second is to connect using WPA2, something that will require reconfiguring the router, although we do not recommend it. Finally, it is indicated that we will not have these problems through a wired connection.
