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The Network Reset That Fixed It... Or Will It??

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  1. Soren Koch
    @soren.koch

    wi-Fi problem only on one device:

    Network & internet

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

Connected, but nothing loads. Troubleshoot problems?

    The 2-in-1 tablet sees the network, connects, gets bars, and then nothing loads. Everything else in the house works. It started right after waking from sleep. I'd love to understand what's broken, not just fix it. I'd rather not reinstall Windows over a network problem, sooo I'm hoping there's a logical way to track it down step by step.

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  2. Vik Wolfe
    @vik_patch-3pi

    Check whether you got a valid IP address:

    ipconfig /all

    if the IPv4 address starts with 169.254, the desktop with a Wi-Fi card didn't get an address from the router; that's a driver or DHCP issue, not DNS.

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  3. Daria Rossi
    @daria.rossi

    lol same thing happened to me make a backup before u touch the thermal paste, learned that the hard way

    lol

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  4. Amara Koch
    @cronotter

    been there man reset the network stack from an elevated prompt, then reboot:

    netsh winsock reset
netsh int ip reset
ipconfig /flushdns

    lmk how it goes

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  6. Daria Rossi
    @daria.rossi
    in reply to @lambdaranger-1qc

    if it started after a driver update, open Device Manager > Network adapters > your Wi-Fi adapter > Driver > Roll Back Driver. if that's greyed out, install the version from the laptop maker's support page.

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  7. Pia Haddad
    @pia_lucky

    ahh classic exact same thing happened to my second monitor setup last month worked for me anyway 🤷

    thumbsup

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  9. Aiden Torres
    @lambdaranger-1qc

    id try the vendor driver before a full network reset... the reset wipes VPN adapters and saved networks, which is annoying for a work laptop.

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