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did you sign into your Router and see what the DNS is ?
Your DNS should be set to Obtain automatically under IPV4
Hopefully your Roommate isn't blocking you on the Router just for fun :) or set the Parent Controls :)
if so do your Homework and try again later :)
JJ,
KB
The DNS on the Router should be "Obtained Automatically" too assuming your ISP is using DHCP and you don't have a Static IP
The DNS Number should be the ISP's DNS Server not your Router's Gateway IP ie 192.168.1.1 but might be worth checking with the ISP it is setup correctly and also asking Roommate if they had to do anything to get online ....perhaps compare settings etc?
I assume this is not your issue as it was on another post here a few days ago?
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KB.
Yep the DNS on router is set to obtain automatically,
I'm using my roommates windows 10 laptop right now in order write this so no problem there.
Also just now I logged onto my computer and I had new updates from my mail app, so I tested it out and sent an email to my google account and it worked. also windows update is working now too, but both browsers are refusing to connect, I'm obviously getting internet but I just cant browse... I have no clue whats going on
normally if I do a ipconfig /all the DNS Entries match the one on My Router's WAN Page , it is not pointing at the Default Gateway IP LAN Address
per the link above , this was his issue and he too could not google etc either , turned out his Room-mate was downloading illegally, and they were blocked, may not be your issue of course....
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KB
I can't see what the Router is using but someone has tried using Google's two free DNS servers (under "use these") ie 8.8.8.8 & 8.8.4.4 at some point.
under lan settings try specifying the ISP's DNS no#'s instead of whatever is there , if it is not them already? .....or use the Gateway's IP no# above ie 96.x.x.1 , this works for me but your situation maybe different as I use an AC Router off my ISP's one as it only does 2.4ghz.
KB.
Also, I don't know how relevant this is but I yesterday I booted into safe mode with networking and I was getting no internet all, it didn't even show any available connections. So I went to device manager and checked the adapter driver and it said this "windows cannot initialize the device for this hardware (code 37)"
Any thoughts?
also finally got ahold of an Ethernet cable and tried that, didn't work either
Last edited by philness; 21 Sep 2016 at 12:02.