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Laptop just all of sudden wouldn’t connect to the internet
Posted on 5/17/26 at 9:12 am
Posted on 5/17/26 at 9:12 am
I thought I was tech savvy but I’m about to pull my hair out
Friday just as random as ever was scrolling online and all of a sudden got “cannot connect to the internet”
Did troubleshoot and it says cannot detect proxy settings. Same thing every browser. I’m direct connected via Ethernet fiber
Switched to WiFi same thing. Every other device in the house works.
I do use Google mesh around the house but they are working. I reset both it and router and same. I’ve tried every Google and GPT suggestion and still won’t connect.
Updated drivers. Toggled and messed with proxy settings. Reset modem 100 times. Im at a loss and dont know what could have happened to just switch on a dime like that?
Any advice? Worth calling AT&T? FYI it’s a HP 3 year old laptop. SSD 12 gig of ram works great no issues until now.
I’m not using vpn
Friday just as random as ever was scrolling online and all of a sudden got “cannot connect to the internet”
Did troubleshoot and it says cannot detect proxy settings. Same thing every browser. I’m direct connected via Ethernet fiber
Switched to WiFi same thing. Every other device in the house works.
I do use Google mesh around the house but they are working. I reset both it and router and same. I’ve tried every Google and GPT suggestion and still won’t connect.
Updated drivers. Toggled and messed with proxy settings. Reset modem 100 times. Im at a loss and dont know what could have happened to just switch on a dime like that?
Any advice? Worth calling AT&T? FYI it’s a HP 3 year old laptop. SSD 12 gig of ram works great no issues until now.
I’m not using vpn
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Posted on 5/17/26 at 10:50 am to dallastiger55
Open a command prompt. Type, "tracert www.foxnews.com"
If it says, "unable to resolve system name," it's your DNS settings. Try, from the command prompt, "ipconfig /flushdns"
If it says, "unable to resolve system name," it's your DNS settings. Try, from the command prompt, "ipconfig /flushdns"
Posted on 5/17/26 at 11:09 am to dallastiger55
Never mind
This post was edited on 5/17/26 at 11:11 am
Posted on 5/17/26 at 1:35 pm to dallastiger55
Open command line... And run
netsh winsock reset - Hit Enter
netsh int ip reset - Hit Enter
ipconfig /flushdns - Hit Enter
shutdown /r /t 0 - Hit Enter
netsh winsock reset - Hit Enter
netsh int ip reset - Hit Enter
ipconfig /flushdns - Hit Enter
shutdown /r /t 0 - Hit Enter
Posted on 5/17/26 at 6:25 pm to SG_Geaux
I’ve done all the command stuff. Nothing.
This is so frustrating
This is so frustrating
Posted on 5/17/26 at 7:15 pm to dallastiger55
Can also go to Device Manger, remove NICs and let Windows reinstall.
Can also run sfc /scannow from Cmd line
Can also run sfc /scannow from Cmd line
Posted on 5/17/26 at 9:09 pm to SG_Geaux
Tried it. Nothing
Posted on 5/17/26 at 10:08 pm to dallastiger55
I have to mention this because I've done it.
Do you have a physical wifi switch on the laptop?
I've accidentally turned mine off and been mightily confused.
Do you have a physical wifi switch on the laptop?
I've accidentally turned mine off and been mightily confused.
Posted on 5/18/26 at 7:22 am to tokenBoiler
I’m using Ethernet but yes WiFi is on. Everything else in house is working
Posted on 5/18/26 at 5:09 pm to dallastiger55
I think your registry got corrupted. You might need to lookup how to cleanly uninstall and reinstall your network settings.
You can confirm if the hardware is working properly by making a “live” usb install of Linux.
You can confirm if the hardware is working properly by making a “live” usb install of Linux.
This post was edited on 5/18/26 at 6:34 pm
Posted on 5/18/26 at 6:53 pm to dallastiger55
I scanned the thread quickly, apologies if you covered this already - have you tried taking it somewhere else to connect to a different network? That might tell you if your adapter is toast vs. some software setting.
Posted on 5/18/26 at 8:09 pm to dallastiger55
A long shot but does it have an ethernet port on it?
Posted on 5/19/26 at 6:53 pm to dblwall
I have an Ethernet port and yes I took it to Starbucks yesterday and still nothing
I’ve tried Ethernet and WiFi both don’t work.
I’ve tried Ethernet and WiFi both don’t work.
Posted on 5/19/26 at 9:51 pm to dallastiger55
quote:
I’m not using vpn
As in you aren't using one right now while you have the issue, or you don't have one installed on that computer?
I use a VPN selectively, and I find I experience your exact symptom if it doesn't get disconnected and closed before restarting the PC. It leaves a "hook" in that essentially blocks dns. You're connected to the internet, but it might as well be worthless.
When it happens I have to open the VPN program to get it to reset itself.
Posted on 5/20/26 at 9:11 am to dallastiger55
quote:
Laptop just all of sudden wouldn’t connect to the internet
Had the same issue with an 'all in one' ,which is basically a big laptop, a couple of months ago. Ended up that the little wifi board had just fried itself. I went through all the steps assuming it was a software issue too.
Posted on 5/20/26 at 1:10 pm to dallastiger55
You said you were plugged into ethernet when it happened. Could have been a surge/spike that fried your network adapter. That's happened to me a few times. Anything else hardwired to the same router, switch, etc. that no longer connects to the internet?
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