My work laptop connects to Wi-Fi but the internet is GONE

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Accepted solution by Dario Ziegler — been there man VPN clients sometimes leave a virtual adapter or proxy settings behnid. check Settings Network & internet Proxy, and…
  1. This is so annoying. My work laptop was fine yesterday. Today, after a driver update:

    Network & internet

    Network & internet
    Wi-Fi  •  HomeNet_5G
    No internet, secured
    
    Connected, but nothing loads. Troubleshoot problems?
    

    it says connected but nothing loads. the troubleshooter says something about the default gateway not being available. i don't know what that means. i'd prefer to fix it properly instead of resetting everything blindly. which commands or settings should i check first to figure out what's actually broken? any ideas??

    cry

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  2. uhh what does ipconfig /all show as the IPv4 address??

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  3. oh ive been there lol 'Default gateway is not available' often comes from Wi-Fi power saving. in teh adapter's Power Management tab, untick 'Allow teh computer to turn off this dveice'. hope that helps :)

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  4. Accepted solution

    been there man VPN clients sometimes leave a virtual adapter or proxy settings behnid. check Settings > Network & internet > Proxy, and uninstall the VPN completely to test. good luck man!

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  5. disabling power management helps, but I'd also check the router's DHCP lease list... sometimes the router is teh one refusing teh address.

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