mechanix19 Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 I've been dealing with this issue for a couple years and it's driving me crazy. Everything in my house connects to my main wifi signal without issues. My laptop however connects to the signal but I cannot get internet or see any devices. I always have to be on my guest network with my laptop. I've tried resetting my router, updating the firmware in the router, renaming the main wifi signal, resetting my wireless network adapter on my laptop, updating the the network adapter firmware in my laptop, and reinstalling the network adapter. I have no idea what else to try but I'm fed up not being able to use my laptop to simply print to my wireless printer or setup various electronics with my laptop. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Does the laptop connect to the internet OK by ethernet cable ? Have you tried it with a USB wireless "dongle" after first disabling the built-in wi-fi aerial ? Have you (by pure accident) blocked its MAC address in your router ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechanix19 Posted January 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Yes it connects fine with a cable, no I haven't tried a sub wireless dongle, and I'm not sure how to checking a MAC address is blocked in my router. If I connect to my main wifi, I try to login in to my router, I get the prompt for my username and password but then it says server not found after I put the login info in. I can login in to my router on any other device. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 What router model is it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechanix19 Posted January 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Netgear WNDR3700 version 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Re the possible MAC address blocking - look at Page 52 of this - http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/WNDR3700V5/WNDR3700v5_UM_03Sept2015.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Have you tried deleting your existing network on the Wireless Networks list See :- http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/22153 (link is for Win 8, but same principles apply) and then setting up a new one ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechanix19 Posted January 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 When I'm connected to the main wifi signal, it shows my laptops MAC address as connected by wired connection but I'm not, I'm connected by wireless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 See my last post 2 minutes ago, Boris said: Have you tried deleting your existing network on the Wireless Networks list See :- http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/22153 (link is for Win 8, but same principles apply) and then setting up a new one ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechanix19 Posted January 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Yes I've tried the "forget this network" many times. I'm showing through my router logs my laptop will frequently connect than disconnect when I connect to the main wifi signal. However this doesn't happen if I use the guest network. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechanix19 Posted January 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 15 minutes ago, Boris said: Re the possible MAC address blocking - look at Page 52 of this - http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/WNDR3700V5/WNDR3700v5_UM_03Sept2015.pdf My router doesn't show this option when I'm logged in, I have version 1 of this router and these instructions look like they apply to a newer version. I did look in the blocked services section of my router and nothing is listed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechanix19 Posted January 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 The details in the Windows "fix connection issues" says this in the details- windows sockets registry entries for network connectivity are missing. What does this mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 Not sure if this will help, but I found it in a search: HERE More info in the link above. Quote open CMD with admin rights, type: ipconfig /release; ipconfig /renew; I presume you will need to press 'enter' after each entry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 A simple question, have you tried resetting your Router. Find the reset button and give it a push, see what happens after it has reset. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 21 hours ago, mechanix19 said: I've tried resetting my router, updating the firmware in the router Already done Gandalph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechanix19 Posted January 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 I've tried releasing and renewing the ip many times to. Still not fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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