I have a Galaxy S8 running Android 9. I use USB tethering to connect to internet on my laptop running Win 10. Today the name of the connection is "STARBUCKS_WIFI 2". Here are screenshots:
Network Menu
Control Panel
As you can see from the second image, device is "SAMSUNG Mobile USB..." that is my phone.
I tried troubleshooting, disabling and enabling the adapter. Replugged USB cable and toggled USB tethering on phone.
Why is this happening and can I fix it?
I still don't know the reason why this happened but now I found a solution.
Fix is simply doing a "Network Reset".
Settings > Network & Internet > Status > Network Reset
After a reboot, I connected my phone again. This time, it is recognized as "Network" not "STARBUCKS_WIFI 2".
Note: If you are wondering, before this reset, I tried to manually "forget" the known network named "STARBUCKS_WIFI" but that did not fix the anomaly.
STARBUCKS_WIFI and manually remove the applicable key(s): (before deleting any Registry key, export [backup] it first) WinKey+R → Open: RegEdit → OK → Once RegEdit opens: Ctrl+F → Find What: STARBUCKS_WIFI → Tick box for Match whole string only (all other boxes should be ticked by default) → Find Next → To continue the search after a result is found: F3
STARBUCKS_WIFI, and for some reason, some of the data for the tethered connection matched that saved Registry key enough to result in an additional Registry network profile key that tacked a sequential integer onto it (Windows won't automatically update those specific Registry keys, so when it sees a duplicate, it'll tack on a sequential integer to the network profile name shown for the adapter).