cant enable private network

[thebwistic]

Im trying to click the private network button but it isn't changing

[micahmo]

Hi @thebwistic, sorry to hear about this!

Let's see if we can change the adapter settings directly. Can you try running these three commands from an admin PowerShell?

$network = Get-NetConnectionProfile -InterfaceAlias "wg_server"
$network.NetworkCategory = "Private"
Set-NetConnectionProfile -InputObject $network

Let's start here before moving on to your other issue.

[thebwistic]

ok, i've run the given commands and then retried with making the network private on the wg server app. so far its still not working

[micahmo]

Those commands are supposed to make the network private, so you shouldn't need to press that option in the UI again. Try running the commands, then just open a fresh instance of WS4W and see if the status is any different.

Also I added one more line to the commands which is supposed to print out the current profile. It'll be interesting to see if even setting it from PowerShell fails.

$network = Get-NetConnectionProfile -InterfaceAlias "wg_server"
$network.NetworkCategory = "Private"
Set-NetConnectionProfile -InputObject $network
$network = Get-NetConnectionProfile -InterfaceAlias "wg_server"
echo $network.NetworkCategory

BTW, are you on a domain?

[thebwistic]

No I am not.

[thebwistic]

Its still not working. i reinstalled wg server. private network still cannot be opened

[micahmo]

Hey @thebwistic I'm a bit stumped by this. If you can't set the adapter to Private using PowerShell, then it sounds like a Windows problem. The only other thing I can think to try is setting this in the registry.

Try going to Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkList\Profiles\ and find the adapter that corresponds to wg_server. Try setting Category to 1.