Laptop won't connect to wifi

[Emily.]

Not sure if this is the right section but I've spent all evening being so frustrated with my laptop!!

I was on it earlier and the Internet was working fine, then all of a sudden it disconnected. Ever since then I haven't been able to connect to wifi. Every time I try and connect it just says can't connect to this network. If I go down to the router and plug it straight into my laptop it works fine.

I've tried resetting the router, reinstalling my wireless drivers, resetting the IP address but nothing seems to be working Any ideas what else I can try?

 

[Paprika123]

System restore to an earlier point than today?

 

[Emily.]

I've tried that twice and it failed both times and now it's not showing any restore points

 

[LeeRS]

Can you get into your router settings?

Usually 192.168.0.1

See if it is blocking anything.

 

[Emily.]

Lee, I've just tried putting that in on my laptop and it won't load the page

 

[LeeRS]

What isp are you with?

 

[Louis]

turn your laptop off for 10 minutes, and your router off for 10 minutes. Then everything back on again.

 

[Gus]

- Reinstall wifi drivers - download latest from the maufacturer website - looks like you have done this.
-reset tcp ip stack - sounds scary but isnt. :
click start type cmd and hit enter to open a command prompt
type this and press enter:
netsh int ip reset
it will then probably ask you to reboot the laptop.

 

[Typhoon]

Start > Run > CMD
Type ipconfig and click enter.
Find default gateway and type the IP in to your web browser. That'll open up your router settings.

 

[Emily.]

turn your laptop off for 10 minutes, and your router off for 10 minutes. Then everything back on again.

This worked!! Yay, thanks I'd turned them both off, but not at the same time and hadn't left them for 10 minutes. Who'd have thought something so simple would fix it lol

Thanks guys!

 

[LeeRS]

technology, eh?

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Question 1 with any 'tech' problems..

 

[Emily.]

Question 1 with any 'tech' problems..

I'd tried turning them both off and on about 10 times, just not at the same time lol!

 

[Darren S]

Worth checking in future if you have a wireless issue - if something like your phone can also connect to the router wirelessly. A quicker check to see if the router is the issue than having to reinstall laptop wireless drivers, etc.

 

[Louis]

Just call me the IT guy.

 

[iain187]

Just call me the IT guy.

Idle t**t ?

 

[Louis]

:wink: