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CONNECTED, SECURED, USELESS: A WI-FI STORY WITH A TWIST

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  1. Uma
    @uma.castillo

    Setting up a Windows 11 laptop for a new colleague. It joins teh guest network, teh password is accepted, and then:

    Network & internet

    Network & internet
Wi-Fi  •  HomeNet_5G
No internet, secured

Connected, but nothing loads. Troubleshoot problems?

    they start tomorrow morning... i tried the troubleshooter, it fixed nothing... any ideas before i just give them my own laptop?

    the laptop is brand new out of the box, fully updated, joined to nothing special yet. every other device on teh guest network works perfectly lol its starting to feel personal. what would you check first?

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  2. Anika C.
    @anika.costa0

    been there man check whether you got a real address: ipconfig /all. If the IPv4 address starts with 169.254, DHCP failed; the laptop never got an address from the router. if you have a normal address and a gateway, teh problem is further along (DNS or upstream).

    thinking

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  3. Fenna Rossi
    @frossi

    nah tbh respectfully disagree, i tried that and it made network worse

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  4. Lea A.
    @lea_night

    Reset the network stack and renew:

    ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew
ipconfig /flushdns
netsh winsock reset
netsh int ip reset

    Then reboot. This clears broken configurations left by VPN clients or security software.

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  6. Fenna Rossi
    @frossi

    test the layers: ping <gateway>, then ping 1.1.1.1, then nslookup example.com :/ if teh IP ping works but the name lookup fails, set DNS manually to test. if even the gateway ping fails, look at the adapter or the access point.

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  7. Anika C.
    @anika.costa0

    hmmm bump. still happening with network for me

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  8. Uma
    @uma.castillo
    in reply to @frossi

    @frossi The netsh resets plus removing teh old VPN client fixed it. The Windows 11 laptop is online again.

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