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Hello. I have Win 7 64 bit SP1 and a hard wired cable to a Netgear WnDR3700v2 router. At startup it takes close to 90 sec. for the internet to be available. I have tried safe mode with networking with no improvement. I have also tried a wireless connection. Still no improvement. The router has...

My Dell Inspiron laptop running Windows 8.1 will no longer connect to our home network, and diagnostics produce the error "Wi-Fi doesn't have a valid IP configuration". All our other devices are able to communicate with the network and my laptop will communicate with it if booted using ubuntu...

My Ethernet adapter (I217-V) was working fine before this update. As soon as the update was done, it shows as Unidentified Network. Setting IPv4 to a specific IP address does not seem to help and network still shows as unidentified. Rebooting the Router and/or the computer does not seem to...

I'm able to connect to wifi, but I have to enter the password at every login. When I press the 'connect' button to connect to my network, the 'connect automatically' check box is always checked. Still, log off or reboot, and I have to manually connect each time. When I first moved into my...

I'm able to connect to wifi, but I have to enter the password at every login. When I press the 'connect' button to connect to my network, the 'connect automatically' check box is always checked. Still, log off or reboot, and I have to manually connect each time. When I first moved into my...

Hello, I have been struggling all day with this problem and finally am looking online for help. Every time I try to connect to my router or any others, I get the error message "Connection unsuccessful. This computer currently has limited connectivity to..." I have tried deleting all of the...

I am working on a Dell laptop. It connects to my router. I get an ip address. I can ping the laptop from other computer on the network. But will not open any web pages just get "can not open web page" run off line antivirus nothong found. Ran malware bytes camilian. Nothing found. Also the...

Hey, guys! Well, I have tried to resolve this issue by researching and even calling AT&T, but still no luck. I am trying to open some ports so that my brother and I can play some games together. I have done this easily in the past, but I cannot seem to figure this out. I have a Netgear VersaLink...

I create a free WiFi hotspot with My WIFI Router app. Does that mean I don't need to buy a router any more?

I'm running Vista on a hp pavilion. I had to swap modems out with suddenlink & had a tech come out to rerun all of my wires. Before the swap I made sure my initial installation tech saw internet on my pc. Now I can't get anything besides "limited connectivity" it's a wireless modem/router combo...

Okay, I'm not sure of all my tech specs, but I can figure something out if needed. Windows 7 and an arris router. My situation is this: my pc is in my upstairs bedroom, and I want to watch things in my downstairs living room. I have Wow cable, and my cable box connects to my homegroup, and...

Ok. My son is grounded from the internet. He now "all of a sudden" has a project due that requires the internet. Surprise surprise. SO.... I want to allow internet access for "research", like Google or whatever. BUT - I don't want him sneaking in games, which I know he will. Here's what I...

I want to buy a router which let me move devices to blacklist or release them easily? Someone said this software which is My WIFI Router can manage the connected device. Any idea？

After restarting my laptop a few weeks ago upon completing a Windows 8.1 Update, I could not access the internet despite being connected to the internet. The connection was not limited and the troubleshooter pointed out that the connection between my access point, router or cable modem and the...

When I try to connect to my wireless router I get no connections available. I select troubleshoot and I get An error occurred while troubleshooting A problem is preventing troubleshooting from starting Package ID: Unknown Path:C:\Windows\diagnostics\system\networking Error code: 0x800706F7...

Hey, guys! I'm new to the forum! :-) I really need some help. I have an ASUS M11BB. I bought it about a year ago and it was fine for about six months, but now I am crazy internet problems. It will be fine and then all of a sudden it will just drop the internet. I then have to keep refreshing...

What I want to do is send music/videos through my pc to my iphone through wifi. I had done it few times. But now i am not being able to do it for some reasons. So, i install apps like VLC and other music and video player in my iphone and turn on the wifi sharing. Then they will give me a certain...

I had WIN8 and was happy with it. Microsoft updated me <without my permission BTW> to 8.1. I have had nothing but problems since!!! My computer won't stay connected to my ROUTER <I have to keep logging off and then back on if I'm IDLE too long>. My wireless printer is NOW NOT recognized by my...

I was trying to post here yesterday when the forum glitzed and wouldn’t take the post, so I shut down firefox and tried iexplorer… same issue. Then I looked at my system and noticed I had “No networks detected”… ok that can’t be right so I shut the laptop down and opened it back up on the 8.1...