(Solved?) Unable to clear phantom network

Jakob Walton · May 14, 2020

(Solved?) Unable to clear phantom network
This morning when I was busy trying to download a game (Journey to the savage planet), in the middle of the download my internet dissconnected and when I went to reconnect it there was this phantom wireless network named "wireless". I thought at first I'd
just reconnect to my actual wireless network but it refuses to scan for it and when I type in the SDD it immediately says it isn't WPA/WPA2 before it attempts to even check for it. Since then, I've attempted to hard reset, go offline, clear networks, and
even factory reset to no avail. Now, I'm stuck with a xbox that cannot update as it won't let me change to an actual internet. I tried wired internet but it sticks on "checking connection" until I have to hard reset again. Does anyone know whats going on
and how to take care of it?

After waiting for half a day and booting it back up, it seems to have dissapeared, still don't know what was the problem that caused it though.

:)

XBF Steven R

Hi Jakob Walton,

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Jakob Walton

Sure thing, booted it up today and got the backup working in a few minutes. Just was a little freaked out about it.

Fluke939

I work in IT and you might be surprised just how often something is fixed by waiting a while. Sometimes you just gotta chalk it up to one of life's mysteries.

Can we mark this one as solved?

nikhilkapoor50

solved :

Xbox was unable to find any wireless networks.

Resolution steps:

1. Go to Settings > Network > Advanced Settings > Alternate Mac address

2. Clear and restart

Fixed!

Zeke656

there is also the phantom assignment which is tied to DT assignments which has yet to have been solved

(Solved?) Unable to clear phantom network