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on 12-07-2023 11:15 AM
Hi,
A few months back I started having an issue on my work laptop (Windows) when I worked from home. It would connect to my wifi but show as having no internet connection. My IT team tried all sorts, rebuilding the laptop, overriding the IP address preferences etc but had no luck. In the end they gave me a brand new laptop which seemed to work fine until last week when the same issue began happening again.
Since the issue reoccurred my IT team tried a full rebuild of my laptop which seemed to work temporarily as I could connect to the internet via wifi in the evenings this week. However this morning I tried working remotely and there was no connection again.
They have tried uninstalling security software/VPNs to see if that was causing the issue but that didn’t help either. They have also flushed the DNS servers to no avail. They are now about to suggest that I get another new machine and see if the issue persists, but I am worried that it will look fine but then begin playing up in a few months time.
The strangest thing is that my wifi works fine on all other devices. My partner also works from home (on a Mac) and has no internet issues whatsoever using our wifi. My IT team are running out of ideas and don’t seem to know the root cause.
Does anyone have any ideas what the issue could be?
on 12-07-2023 01:48 PM
Hi rlcraig
Yes of course. I can do this on Monday 24th, will this be ok?
on 12-07-2023 01:45 PM
Please could you send it when we return to be sure that someone will be in?
on 12-07-2023 01:43 PM
Hi rlcraig
We advise to allow 24-48hrs for the router to arrive.
Would you like me to order this now or wait until you have returned from holiday?
on 12-07-2023 01:39 PM
Yes please. How quickly would it arrive? Only because I am going to be on holiday from 14th-22nd July.
on 12-07-2023 01:37 PM
Hi rlcraig
Ok, I think we should send a replacement router for testing. Would you like me to arrange this?
on 12-07-2023 01:35 PM
Yes no issues on any other devices. Two mobiles and two other laptops are connecting with no issues.
on 12-07-2023 01:31 PM
Hi rlcraig
Is this only affecting your work laptop? Are other devices connecting ok?
on 12-07-2023 01:29 PM
Hi Debbie,
I’ve just tried this and when I logged back onto my laptop it did briefly connect to the internet however it then dropped off. It has now gone back to showing that it is connected to my TalkTalk wifi but with no internet.
on 12-07-2023 11:42 AM
Hi rlcraig
I'm sorry to hear this.
I've checked and your router has the latest firmware version which should work ok with VPN.
Can I just check, have recently powered down your router for a full 30 minutes?