Network Connection Problem

GunJack

^^ nooo probs mate

cloud_dog

GunJack wrote: »

that's where you need to be the blue writing in the above screenshot is a link to be able to change the network type - on yours, click public/unidentified and change to Home network, and you'll get a house instead of a park bench......

Hi.... Apologies for the silence, been away.

I don't have the blue link text you refer to.

The only blue / link text is the 'Connect or disconnect' and just below that I have blue / link text 'Wireless Network Connection (xxxxxxxxx)

Where you have 'Home network' in blue / link text under the 'View your active networks' I have 'Public network' but it s not blue / link text so cannot click it.

Where you have a house I have a park bench and if I click this I get a new pop up window with 'Type a network name and choose an icon' but I cannot update the value anyway.

Figment

• Go to the Network & Sharing Center
• Click on Change Adapter Settings
• Double click on the icon for the network in question
• Click on details.
  What settings do you have against -

• DHCP Enabled:
  
• IPv4 Address:
  
• IPv4 Subnet Mask:
  
• IPv4 Default Gateway:

• Click Close twice.
• Right click on the network icon
• Click Disable
• [wait 30 seconds]
• Right click on the network icon
• Click Enable

Now repeat these steps

• Double click on the icon for the network in question
• Click on details
  What settings do you have against -

• DHCP Enabled:
  
• IPv4 Address:
  
• IPv4 Subnet Mask:
  
• IPv4 Default Gateway:

• Click Close twice.
• Check connection

cloud_dog

Figment wrote: »

What settings do you have against -

• DHCP Enabled: Yes
• IPv4 Address: 169.254.123.227
• IPv4 Subnet Mask: 225.225.0.0
• IPv4 Default Gateway: <blank>

Now repeat these
[*]Double click on the icon for the network in question
[*]Click on details
What settings do you have against - <<Same as above>

Hi there.... I've updated your queries as above

cloud_dog

Well, I continued investigating and tried all sorts including some 'Mr Fix It' from Microsoft and 'netsh' resetting IPv4/6 DNS etc, etc without any joy.

Any how, do you know how I fixed it........ I turned my router off / on and allowed the laptop to re-acquire the network. That in itself didn't completely resolve the issue but...... in the 'View your active networks' the blue / link text was present allowing me to click it and select it as a 'Home' network - oh joy of joys! :rotfl: