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RayinWi
Jan 23, 2022Tutor
How to tell if my Win 10 laptop is connected to an access point or a router
I have a router that resides two floors away from where my laptop sits.
I get pretty iffy wifi \ Internet speeds because of the distance.
I ran a cat 6 ethernet cable from the router to a jack which is right next to my laptop.
Recently, I configured my WN300RPv3 N300 as an access point.
It connects to a wall power outlet next to my laptop and has an ethernet cable that runs from it to the aforementioned ethernet jack a foot away.
The NAME (SSID) of the access point is the same as my router.
This setup work very well for me in that I now get great wifi \ internet speeds.
I know my laptop is connecting to the access point and not the router directly because if I shut down the access point, I lose connectivity to the Internet.
My laptop is running Windows 10 home version 21H2 (OS Build 19044.1469)
Here's my question.
How can I tell if my laptop (other than the speed) is connected to my access point or my router ?
Thanks in advance for any help
F-ing ridiculous, spent a s*-load amount of time debugging this issue.
Finally found this thread that worked for me.
I really have not been impressed with the useability of this software. Looking at opensource now...
3 Replies
- plemansGuru - Experienced User
You could log into the access point and check it.
Or you could simply change the access points SSID so you can tell which you're connected to.
- RayinWiTutor
I tried things a second time and I see that you are absolutly correct about being able to "see" devices that are using the access point. (I don't know how I missed that. Sorry.)
Once I am logged on to the access point then its simply a matter of ....
Expanding "Settings"
Clicking on "Connected Devices"
And then scrolling down to "WiFi Devices"I can't thank you enough.
- plemansGuru - Experienced User
glad it worked!