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WiFi Woes
« on: 23 October 2016, 09:10:43 »
My laptop won't connect to the WiFi, ran the troubleshooter and it says all controllers are working, all other devices in the house connect no problem.

Tried all the usual things, re-setting the router etc. still no joy.

All the drivers are up to date.

Works Ok of an Ethernet cable.

Any ideas please?

Disconnected late yesterday afternoon, was OK up till then.

 
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Re: WiFi Woes
« Reply #1 on: 23 October 2016, 09:21:16 »
my first question would be can it see / join any other wifi to prove the hardware is ok.
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Re: WiFi Woes
« Reply #2 on: 23 October 2016, 09:44:47 »
Quote from: Jimbob on 23 October 2016, 09:21:16
my first question would be can it see / join any other wifi to prove the hardware is ok.

Yes, can see it no problem, just can't connect to it.

Without going around the neighbours and asking them for their passwords, I can't connect to other networks ;D

Plugged into an Ethernet cable to type this.
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Re: WiFi Woes
« Reply #3 on: 23 October 2016, 09:50:49 »
Ah, that's interesting, I can connect to BT WiFi with Fon.
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Re: WiFi Woes
« Reply #4 on: 23 October 2016, 10:27:42 »
What is your router?  Sounds like it could have blocked you for some reason. 

Have you deleted your normal wifi connection and recreated it?

Any errors at all displayed?
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Re: WiFi Woes
« Reply #5 on: 23 October 2016, 10:38:29 »
Home Hub 5 type A

Just comes up with 'Unable to connect to the network'.

I've re-entered the password.
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Re: WiFi Woes
« Reply #6 on: 23 October 2016, 11:14:01 »
The hub has probably been monitoring AA's dodgy website browsing and decided to block him  ;D

Next step, I guess, is to connect to the router via cable and have a look at its settings.
Entering 192.168.1.254 on your web browser seems to be the home hubs address  :-\
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Re: WiFi Woes
« Reply #7 on: 23 October 2016, 11:18:25 »
Quote from: TD on 23 October 2016, 11:14:01
The hub has probably been monitoring AA's dodgy website browsing and decided to block him  ;D

Next step, I guess, is to connect to the router via cable and have a look at its settings.
Entering 192.168.1.254 on your web browser seems to be the home hubs address  :-\

Already tried that Dave :(
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Re: WiFi Woes
« Reply #8 on: 23 October 2016, 12:39:31 »
Have you tried @forget this network' option?  I have noticed this issue more recently with routers, I think something in the stored credentials on the machine goes oops up and this results in the router rejecting the connection.  Go to network settings > Manage WiFi networks  right click on the network and click forget.  Then try and reconnect.

I also take it you have not forgotten/changed/mistyped the key for the SSID?  If you can log in to it via Ethernet change it to something new, go through the forget procedure above and try again.
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Re: WiFi Woes
« Reply #9 on: 23 October 2016, 13:05:33 »
Quote from: Guffer on 23 October 2016, 12:39:31
Have you tried @forget this network' option?  I have noticed this issue more recently with routers, I think something in the stored credentials on the machine goes oops up and this results in the router rejecting the connection.  Go to network settings > Manage WiFi networks  right click on the network and click forget.  Then try and reconnect.

I also take it you have not forgotten/changed/mistyped the key for the SSID?  If you can log in to it via Ethernet change it to something new, go through the forget procedure above and try again.

Thanks, tried above but didn't work :(
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Re: WiFi Woes
« Reply #10 on: 23 October 2016, 13:36:57 »
You haven't switched on MAC filtering by accident have you?

Can you get in to the LAN logs on the router (via Ethernet) to see what is happening?
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Re: WiFi Woes
« Reply #11 on: 23 October 2016, 15:26:36 »
Assuming youve made no real changes to the router....try a factory reset, could be quicker and easier than pissing in the wind without a proper look at both the router and pc config.
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Re: WiFi Woes
« Reply #12 on: 23 October 2016, 17:31:23 »
You haven`t accidentally knocked the wifi button on the laptop have you and disabled wifi? Just a thought.
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Re: WiFi Woes
« Reply #13 on: 23 October 2016, 18:00:28 »
Quote from: Jimbob on 23 October 2016, 15:26:36
Assuming youve made no real changes to the router....try a factory reset, could be quicker and easier than pissing in the wind without a proper look at both the router and pc config.

Already tried that :(
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Re: WiFi Woes
« Reply #14 on: 23 October 2016, 18:00:53 »
Quote from: Mr Gav on 23 October 2016, 17:31:23
You haven`t accidentally knocked the wifi button on the laptop have you and disabled wifi? Just a thought.

WiFi enabled ;)
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