ok I know I’ve had this issue years ago but I simply don’t remember how I fixed it.
my wireless network works fine for mobile devices and a desktop machine. however my laptop will just connect to the network , but can’t access the internet even though it says it has internet connectivity. I tried pinging some websites but they failed so it’s not a speed issue.
I feel like when I fixed this years ago it had somthing to do with some sort of setting in the adapter itself but can’t rememeber how to do it.
If you can’t ping by IP, you have a bad gateway, or something else is strangely hosed.
If you can ping by IP, you have internet, but no DNS resolution.
Remember, the only protocol that matters on the internet is IP. Everything else, DNS, TCP, UDP, etc. are helpers.
One more thing,
This sounds a little like a problem I had on a different computer.
Try disabling the onboard LAN - wired network adapter within windows "Network Connections"
Start | Network And Sharing Center | Change Adapter Settings
Right click on LAN/Gigabit adapter and disable it.
you gave me an idea and I figured out out what the problem was.
the laptop had an old cyberghost install on it , I started it and it opened to saying the connection was locked due to a previous unexpected shutdown. it then unlocked it and now the internet works fine.
