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STATUS_NDIS_DOT11_POWER_STATE_INVALID
The WLAN adapter power state prevents the requested operation
STATUS_NDIS_DOT11_POWER_STATE_INVALID indicates a power-management boundary. NDIS uses power OIDs to transition adapters between working and low-power device states, and a wireless miniport in a powered-down state cannot perform many Native 802.11 operations such as scanning, association changes, or AP startup.
This is not the same as a wrong password or an RF problem. Check whether the adapter is in D0, whether selective suspend or system sleep prepared it for low power, and whether a wake pattern or protocol offload is the only operation still expected while suspended.
Evidence that narrows it
- Record the device power state and the last
OID_PNP_SET_POWERtransition. - Check selective suspend, modern standby, and adapter power-management settings.
- Separate low-power rejection from busy-media rejection, which can occur while the adapter is fully powered.
References
- Microsoft: OID_PNP_SET_POWER
- Microsoft: Miniport adapter states and operations
- Microsoft: OID_PM_PARAMETERS
- Microsoft: MS-ERREF NTSTATUS values
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