Wireless on Laptop no longer works. Finds Access Points, but connections are limited. Phone connects fine

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Recently the WiFi on my laptop is no longer working. At home, I cannot connect to my home network, and the network at work does not connect either - at both places I have limited connections

This all started yesterday, and I was trying to setup a laptop hotspot. I downloaded a Win8 app that allowed that, and it asked me to perform command line actions with netsh. I did everything it said, but it did not work. I uninstalled the app, and have tried to reinstate the older settings.

This issues happened after I tried to use that app, so I have the feeling that the issues stems from the use of netsh.

Please help me get my wireless internet back on my laptop.

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The picture shows that the networks cannot be identified at all.

Setup - Win 8.1 64 bit

Christopher Rucinski

Posted 2014-07-02T08:04:14.940

Reputation: 143

Are your ip settings on automatic for the wireless nic? – Louis van Tonder – 2014-07-02T09:43:53.413

try netsh winsock reset at commandline and try again – pulsarjune – 2014-07-02T10:30:51.117

I tried netsh winsock reset and it asked me to restart my laptop. Didn't want to do that right then, so I tried the other suggestions of making sure the IP address was Automatic, and that worked. So I don't know if the net winsock reset command worked or not. – Christopher Rucinski – 2014-07-02T15:22:29.770

Answers

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It could be the app that set a fixed IP for your wireless network adapter. You could check this by clicking on your network adapter Wi-Fi(...)

Properties -> Internet Protocol 4. Everything should be set to automatic.

Bart K.

Posted 2014-07-02T08:04:14.940

Reputation: 36

This does appear to work right now at my job. I will double check at home to make sure. – Christopher Rucinski – 2014-07-02T12:11:38.563

Yes, this was the issue. It had set a fixed IP address. Thanks! – Christopher Rucinski – 2014-07-02T14:26:49.960

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