my work laptop connects to the hotel wi-fi and then... nothing????

+1 same here. pro tip: write down what u change. i didnt and had to redo hotel from scratch

ahh classic test the layers: ping <gateway>, then ping 1.1.1.1, then nslookup example.com. If teh IP ping works but teh name lookup fails, set DNS manually to test 😤 If even teh gateway ping fails, look at the adapter or the access point. hope that helps :)

@night_forge what did u end up doing in the end. i swear wi-fi is cursed

+1 same here

spent 20 minutes on wifi and im still not done

@esme.reyes what did u end up doing in the end ?

@night_shed-1g3 works on paper, not in real life but hey ymmv

spent half the night on wifi and im still not done

make a backup before u touch the thermal paste, learned that teh hard way. @esme.reyes did u ever fix it?

yep

random hardware addresses (MAC randomization) can collide with MAC filtering or DHCP reservations 👍 toggle it off for that network in Settings, Network and internet, Wi-Fi, the networks properties. good luck man!

lol same thing happened to me came here to say exactly this

been there man if it started after an update, roll back or update teh Wi-Fi driver from teh laptop vendors site (Device Manager, the adapter, Driver tab). also disable Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power on the adapter.

rip

also lol unrelated but anyone elses coffee machine also judging them today

dude ok update: did what @tensor_garage597 said and its fine now owe u a beer 🍺

also lol unrelated but anyone else's coffee machine also judging them today

agreed