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grumpyduck

(6,686 posts)
Fri Feb 5, 2021, 01:26 PM Feb 2021

Help with internet connection?

This morning, my other computer cannot connect to the internet. So far I've tried:

Shutting down and restarting.

Re-starting the router.

Disconnecting and re-connecting to the network.

Trying a different browser.

It is a PC with a wireless connection.

This laptop I'm using now is connected to the same network, and so is my cell phone.

Any thoughts on what might be the problem?

Thanks much.

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Help with internet connection? (Original Post) grumpyduck Feb 2021 OP
Try these? soothsayer Feb 2021 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author cannabis_flower Feb 2021 #2
a long time ago this happened to me Kali Feb 2021 #3
Thanks to both of you. grumpyduck Feb 2021 #4

Response to grumpyduck (Original post)

Kali

(56,896 posts)
3. a long time ago this happened to me
Fri Feb 5, 2021, 02:00 PM
Feb 2021

and all I (other people, I am a moran) could figure out was some port had failed. I think I was on dial up at the time, but I could never get that computer on line again and it became a storage device.

the incident might be in the archives here if you do a search

grumpyduck

(6,686 posts)
4. Thanks to both of you.
Fri Feb 5, 2021, 02:08 PM
Feb 2021

I went to the site suggested and it said (if everything else fails) to get a plug-in WiFi adapter. I had an old one, so I plugged it in, and lo and behold, the WiFi worked. Then I tried it again without the adapter, and lo and behold again, it worked.

So all I can think of is, technology is weird.

But glad to have it back.

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