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Offline Myles45

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Wifi Inspector unable to connect to network?
« on: August 12, 2020, 11:16:25 AM »
Hi, I seem to be unable to do a network scan recently.

I click on the pop up that offers to scan network when I start the PC as always & it opens Avast UI & it just says "Feeling disconnected? Please connect to a network to scan for vulnerabilities."
But I am connected. Also if I go to Menu it says "The online content is unavailable. Please check your internet connection & try again".  My internet connection is perfectly ok as I am able to log into to the forum here to be asking this question. Please help.

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Re: Wifi Inspector unable to connect to network?
« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2020, 05:21:01 PM »
First step would be to try to repair avast.
Open the Avast User Interface, then:
Menu>Settings>Troubleshooting>[REPAIR APP]

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Re: Wifi Inspector unable to connect to network?
« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2020, 08:44:41 PM »
Hi Rocksteady, That was indeed my first step & unfortunately made no difference which led me here :)

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Re: Wifi Inspector unable to connect to network?
« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2020, 10:42:52 PM »
Hi Rocksteady, That was indeed my first step & unfortunately made no difference which led me here :)
No problem here.

Are you using the latest version? https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=236703.msg1556058#msg1556058
If so, it may be time to try a clean install.

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Re: Wifi Inspector unable to connect to network?
« Reply #4 on: August 12, 2020, 11:35:54 PM »
I don't know why you get this popup (or what it looks like) as I don't get any such, a screenshot might help.

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I click on the pop up that offers to scan network when I start the PC as always

I have just manually run the WiFi Inspector Scan and chose Home network (which mine is) and not a Public network.  This has just completed successfully and no unexpected results.
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Re: Wifi Inspector unable to connect to network?
« Reply #5 on: August 13, 2020, 01:25:52 AM »
Hi Bob3160 / David,

Yes I have the latest version of Premium & everything is completely up to date & working.

The pop up appears every day when I start PC & lets me scan network either choosing home or public (home is my situation) But it doesn't matter if I use the pop up or if I go directly to Avast UI to use wifi inspector ot still looks the same (see attached).  This has only recently started to occur, never had an issue before with it.

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Re: Wifi Inspector unable to connect to network?
« Reply #6 on: August 13, 2020, 01:35:29 AM »
I just wonder if in your scan WiFi Inspector scan settings you have it notify you of new network connections ?

Previously I didn't have this option enabled at first, but I have done so, I will have to see if this causes the "pop up that offers to scan network when you start the PC" that you spoke of.

Having seen your screenshot now, I did get that appear for a short period of time but (that was when I initiated the scan) it did complete the scan, which I ran twice.
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Re: Wifi Inspector unable to connect to network?
« Reply #7 on: August 13, 2020, 01:58:46 PM »
I just wonder if in your scan WiFi Inspector scan settings you have it notify you of new network connections ?

Previously I didn't have this option enabled at first, but I have done so, I will have to see if this causes the "pop up that offers to scan network when you start the PC" that you spoke of.

Having seen your screenshot now, I did get that appear for a short period of time but (that was when I initiated the scan) it did complete the scan, which I ran twice.
I have this checked and don't get a popup.
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Re: Wifi Inspector unable to connect to network?
« Reply #8 on: August 21, 2020, 11:40:17 AM »
Apologies chaps for the delayed response & thanks for your replies. Just been rather busy recently.
Anyway here is a couple more screenshots now, one showing the pop up I get.

Having done a little more reading I think I may have a grip of the situation now, but please correct me if I'm wrong.
Since the recent update it appears that Wifi Inspector is set as default to automatically scan networks & automatically selects what sort of network (Home or Public) that you are on??
The pop up still appears every day giving me the option to select what network I want to scan but whichever I select ends up with the "Feeling disconnected" screen which is totally non-functional!
 I am getting notifications that scans have been done & history also shows the same.


Now here my ignorance comes to the fore as I'm not sure 100% what my setup is to be perfectly honest & networks have always confused me but I will explain & hopefully learn how best I should be setup.

I work from home & have 1 router which is connected to 1/ Sonos Speaker 2/ TP-Link AV600 Powerline 3/ Edimax Gig network switch, to which I have various bits of equipment connected, 1 pc, desktop printer, large format digital printer, WD Mycloud Ext. Drive.

I presume I would class this as a "Home Network"?  But why does Avast wifi inspector do a more thorough scan on a home network than a public network?? Surely a public network is more dangerous? 

 The only issue that is usually flagged by the inspector is my large printer despite having changed the user name & password it still sees it as vulnerable for some reason.

There! I now look like a complete idiot & look forward to any help with improving my setup :-[ ;D


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Re: Wifi Inspector unable to connect to network?
« Reply #9 on: August 21, 2020, 12:37:23 PM »
Hi Myles, you need to disconnect your VPN before running a scan with WiFi-Inspector.
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Re: Wifi Inspector unable to connect to network?
« Reply #10 on: August 21, 2020, 12:58:39 PM »
Thanks Asyn,

Just switched it off & did a scan that appears to be ok so presume I'm all good now?


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Re: Wifi Inspector unable to connect to network?
« Reply #11 on: August 21, 2020, 01:02:13 PM »
You're welcome. Yes, you're good to go.
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