The Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1030 and Advanced-N 6230 adapters were originally designed for Windows 7 and Windows 8. While Windows 10 is generally excellent at automatically finding drivers, it often installs a generic Microsoft driver or an older Intel version that causes conflicts.
Common symptoms of a bad driver include:
Search for Intel_WiFi_15.18.0.1_64.zip on a reliable driver archive (avoid sketchy "driver updater" software).
Official Intel link (via Intel Download Center archive): Navigate to Intel's official support > Wireless Legacy > Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6230.
After extensive testing across Windows 10 22H2 (the final version of Windows 10) and early Windows 11 builds, one driver version stands above the rest: