Internet Access

Hopefully this is the right category. I'm to the point of troubleshooting where I stop reading the threads and start writing them. So you know I'm desperate. When I turn on my PC the internet runs at about 980 down and 965 up with 1 ping as per Ookla. Within about 5 ish minutes it drops to 450...

i am typing on my phone because i have no internet on my computer, nevertheless i will try to provide as much background as possible even at the risk of including irrelevant details. there is a TL;DR at the bottom i have a windows 8 desktop pc that is 9 years old at this point and it has been...

First off, I'd like to say that I know this has been asked before, but I didn't notice a thread of it since windows 7, so I thought a more up to date version would be apt, especially since I'm on windows 11. Hey, all! After having issues with my modem/router combo for months, my ISP sent a dude...

( English is not my first language, so please bear with me. ) This problem started yesterday when I tried changing the DNS in my wifi router's settings. After modifying the DNS addresses and clicking save, the router could no longer connect to the Internet: it perpetually showed "connecting"...

In the hospital I'm working in we planned to change the reception place to somewhere else where this place we moved to kind of of isolated regards to the network signal, so we look for a solution to have a good signal to use the POS Machine and also provide the receptionists a good network in...

My pc suddenly stopped accessing the internet. It says it's connected but the internet is not accessible. The strange thing is that you would expect that resetting the DNS, Modem/router etc. would solve it but none of that worked. When I run the troubleshooter I get the following: “Your...

I am at my wits end with this issue, and my ISP (Spectrum) has been absolutely, frustratingly useless. A bit of background: we moved into a new house in March this year (~2.5 months before the time of this post). My router is an ASUS RT-AX55 and the modem is a Spectrum unit - model EN2251. These...

(Sorry, I wasn't sure if this belonged in 'Wireless Networking', 'Windows 7', or 'Laptop Tech Support'.) Hi, I'm having an issue with an old HP Mini 311-1000 (x32-bit) running Windows 7 Home Premium that used to belong to a relative of mine. I factory reset it to start it anew, and I...

My build is. i7-1700K MSI MPG Z590 GAMING FORCE 850W 80+ Bronze PSU 16gb DDR4 ram. Samsung Sata SSD WD HDD I have windows 10 installed from a thumb drive because my PC says it does not support windows 11 because all of my parts are to old and outdated so i had to go with windows 10. It all...

So lately i've been having crazy ping spikes throughout the day and i can't seem to find the reason. I've tried pinging my router and it's still at 1 ms, even when i get the ping spikes. then i used tracert 8.8.8.8 and it looks like this View: https://i.imgur.com/UXtOw5n.png i've then tried...

I would like to configure Windows 10 to only allow access to sites I choose and block access to others. This without using third-party apps. Just using native Windows apps or settings. Can someone help me?

I had an old modem that had been used for 11 years since 2011. When the fourth indicator light comes on, that means Internet connection is available. Before 2020, the light came on soon after I turned on the modem. After 2020, when the room temperature was low, it took a longer time before the...

Hello, I am using Huawei AX3 router, recently bought. Sometimes several times in an hour, sometimes less often like once in couple hours router appears to reset itself, it's barely noticeable and I only noticed after I turned off the LED indicator light and seen it light up again in moments like...

Hello all, This issue began for me about 3 weeks back. To be fair, I had no issues prior and have had no luck thus far in correctly identifying the problem. One night while watching a friend stream through discord my internet randomly went out. Not super surprising really. Within 20 or so...

Hi, I upgraded my PC, previously: AORUS B550 elite mobo R5 5600X processor GTX 1060 GPU Corsair VS450 PSU New: AORUS B550 elite mobo R5 5600X processor RTX 3080 GPU EVGA 850GQ PSU After the upgrade, everything works expect the ethernet - not working at all. It does not even detect that the...

As the title suggests, my iPhone 8 plus is constantly in loading(the spinner thing) when I was trying to connect it to my laptop's hotspot. I have tried the troubleshooting step of changing the iPhone's name to other than 'iPhone', and for the Wi-Fi adapter on laptop, I changed the bandwidth...

So basically im playing or im on youtube whatever it may be and my computer just loses internet connection, no issues whatsoever found... What i find extremely weird is that the program or wtv that im using it doesnt lose internet connection, if im playing a game the game will stay online but...

Hi y'all, I haven't posted with a problem in a while but this one is really bugging me. My roomates and I have had problems with our ethernet recently that have been beyond frustrating. Both of my roomates have switched to WIFI over ethernet because of slow download speeds, but I don't have the...

The title explains the problem, iPhone 11, internet on it was working fine, then suddenly, when I go to settings to see whats happening, the actual router has the loading icon next to it. However, I can connect to the extender of the router on my phone, I've troubleshooted to the max I believe...

So my internet has always been good. I have an ethernet connection and never have any problems with downloads or streaming or anything like that. However a month ago it changed out of nowehere and now I can't stream one youtube video without it buffering or download anything. I have run speed...

Hey there! Been using these forums to answer a lot of my questions for years and am now in need of some more specific help. A while back I noticed my ISP changed my IP address from my hometown in Oregon to an IP in Dallas, Texas. I was suddenly having internet issues and bad lag and...

I was working on my desktop pc last night while listening to a youtube video and my system froze all of the sudden. I had to hard reset the system and upon restart my ethernet adaptor had no internet connection; when i ran the network troubleshooter the problems found were "Ethernet" doesn't...

I assembled a new PC today and cannot access internet on it. No network options and it just says "Not Connected - No Networks Available". Using the CD provided hasn't helped either; via the AsusSetup.exe I managed to install the intel chipset & Realtek LAN driver but trying to install the intel...

Hello there. I recently upgraded my pc with a new motherboard and SSD, and I am getting various SSL errors across all browsers. My internet connection says it is stable, and the troubleshooters in windows cannot find any errors. I have tested the PC with different networks, reinstalling windows...

When I booted up my pc today I didn't have any internet, even though my ethernet cable says it's connected. I checked if the problem was with my cable, by connecting it to my laptop, It worked perfectly on my laptop so it's not that. I've tried numerous fixes; Restarting the router, ipconfig...

Trying to get better connectivity on the front end of my house. Currently have Modem>router>router but am getting about 100 less mbps up front at the 2nd router. Is it possible to go modem>router>switch>router? This would put everything up front hardwired to the switch, and the 2nd router just...

Hello, I've been trying to fix this since yesterday and haven't found anything. I'll list information and solutions I have already tried. Information: -PC says unidentified network, it sends packets but not receiving any -IPV4 is auto figured and starts with 169.254.xxx.xxx -The ethernet cable...

Hello guys. I am desperate. Here's the issue: Internet works perfectly until my little brother decides to plays some games or talk with Discord friends, then every 20-40 minutes the connection just crashes for a few minutes. We have a 300mbps download 30 mbps upload plan, so bandwidth is good...

I'll explain the the situation from the beginning. When I start my PC Up, The Internet seems to be working fine, But a few minutes later the Internet connection stops. I cant connect to any website (except of YouTube on Chrome) on any browser And the apps who use Internet don't work. A strange...

Hi there! I have had some issues with my PC when updating to the new version of Windows 10 (21H1). My computer on start-up takes ages to load the task bar. It appears at the bottom of the screen fine but when you try to use it or hover over it all I am met with is the blue loading circle. I...

Hi all, I have a B550-F and always seem to mess things up. Last night I was using the armoury crate app and updated several drivers and MOBO. After completion, there is no longer an ethernet connection. I attempted network diagnostics and it gave results that there is no ethernet cable...

Restarted windows because I was having a random crashes then I noticed it showed I had no internet, but I could browse the web and play online games. I was fine with it until I found out I couldn’t download apps from the windows store and basically anything that runs from windows had no...

Hello hello I may have a fairly complicated problem which I have troubles fixing: Whenever I download something with my computer (win 10 home 64 bit) connected via a TP Link Wlan stick connected to a wlan extender which is connected to the router, I lose internet connection but my wlan is still...

Hello, I am moving into my girlfriends house and she currently has her router in her living room attached to a coax cable. There is one that comes out of the wall into the router, but another that appears to go into the wall and it seems to come out in the room I want to put my desktop in. My...

Hi guys! I need help configuring my second router IPV6 connection. What happens is that in the main router, the ISP router, the IPV6 connection works and apparently keeps changing its address over time and I don't know how to make my second router keep updated with the new addresses. I managed...

Hi all, I am having an issue and I can’t seem to get to the bottom of it. I was playing online when I suddenly lost internet connection. I use a 5G router with a 5G SIM card. I figured connection must have dropped and shut down for the night. The next day I noticed that my PC wasn’t connecting...

Hello, When I launch Facebook site, my internet disconnects. It's strange issue that I've never heard of, I've tested this thoroughly since It started yesterday. It took me awhile testing various other much more likely causes before I discovered that when I go to facebook.com within a few...

Hi there, I just moved into a new apartment for college and to get internet access, I need to register the device's MAC address on the ISP website. This isn't a problem for things I have wifi on (laptop, phone, etc.) However, I'm not able to get my PC (which doesn't have wifi) connected. The...

If I my cable modem is plugged into a portable backup generator while there is a power outage, will my internet work? Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I really have no idea. So that's why I came here for help. I have a wireless cable modem+router combo. When there is a power outage...

I'm trully stumped on this one. I recently upgraded my ISP plan to 200mbps, and my PC has not been getting those speeds, staying at the usual 100mbps. I called in the ISP tech support, and in doing several tests, here's what we found out: Wi-fi works on 200mbps. It works on my notebook...