Wifi having trouble connecting to laptop.

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  1. boredog

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    I suspect OP abandoned this thread. That said, I wonder if ipconfig /all might clarify some things. Perhaps we're dealing with a store or apartment building rather than a home router.
     
  3. sooflymami

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    I already looked and has no wifi on the buttons
     
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    "I already looked and has no wifi on the buttons"

    then according to my posts above your computer was made in 2012. the other links show you how to turn it on when you do not have a physical switch.
    you need to download one of those two programs and run to turn it on.
     
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    Have you checked to see if your network is set to "obtain an IP address automatically?"

    Does your version of Windows have an option to "Reset" your network?

    Because this occurred after a move, I believe that your PC is "confused" about what, and/or what type, i.e. public vs private, network it is supposed to be connecting to for internet access.

    Perhaps you should establish a new network.

    I encountered the same problem of being connected to my network but not having internet access after I was trouble-shooting and for a time used a direct ethernet connection to my modem and then switched back to wifi. My connection was set back to wifi "on". I was able to connect to my network, but had no internet access. My Android devices were fine, because they never lost "connection" with my network, but not my PC.
     
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    I think I remember seeing the same thing here once and then I remembered I had Access Control enabled in my router.
     
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    This seems correct to me as well. Do you have anything else connected to that WiFi router... either via Wi-Fi or via a direct RJ45 jack that is perhaps on the router itself... that is able to access the Internet? You will need to ensure that your DSL modem or cable modem is working and configured correctly, and that your router is connected and configured correctly to the modem.

    If you bring up a command prompt, you should be able to successfully ping the IP address of your router (most likely 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1, but could be something different); however, you won't be able to successfully ping or tracert to an Internet IP like 4.2.2.2 or 8.8.8.8. In fact, if you do a tracert to one of those Internet IPs then you should see the initial hop to your default gateway (your Wi-Fi router)... if you do, then your wireless is working fine. It's definitely a problem with the configuration between your Wi-Fi router and your cable/DSL modem, or a config issue with the modem itself.
     
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    Did you hold down the "Fn" key while pressing the function key with the Wifi logo?
     
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    No I didn't Roger I'll try that when I fire the laptop up.
     
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    Works thanks :thumb:
     
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    You're welcome.
     
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