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  1. Roscoe Arbuckle

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    So last night my modem went all red for 5 minutes and then came back on. I have 6 devices. All 5 came back on except my desktop, which is necessary for work. I restarted everything unplugged everything. Moved my WiFi input. Nothing got it back online. Called ATT technical support and after an hour the best they could come up with was sending a new WiFi unit...

    Any idea what happened and how I can fix it???
     
  2. larsv8

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    Desktop is not powering on?

    Or desktop just can't find the wifi?
     
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    Theres probably one person that could help you, but he might be too busy at Pride Fest.
     
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    #BangBrosVirus
     
  8. bobrek

    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    Does your computer see your wifi network?

    First, if so, have it 'forget' the network and then try and reconnect.
     
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    "I use charcoal briquettes lit by magnifying glass and use my own dried poop for fuel. It all runs on Linux."
     
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  10. Roscoe Arbuckle

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    In troubleshooting it says I don’t have a valid ip configuration. Googled it and tried nine of the ten with no success. Now doing a network reset. If that doesn’t work I will try this.
     
  11. Roscoe Arbuckle

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    Nope. Secured. Can’t connect to this network.

    And it recognizes my WiFi and the router is working with all of my other devices.

    This is frustrating as hell.
     
  12. AroundTheWorld

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    Can you create a personal hotspot from your phone and connect to that from your computer?
     
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  13. Roscoe Arbuckle

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    So I I got reconnected after resetting my TCP/IP thing. That got me back online, but a lot of websites including this one are not able to be connected. What the ****?
     
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    DNS settings, might have to reset/flush them on the pc.
     
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    Clear the cache?
     
  16. Roscoe Arbuckle

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    Flushed dns and cleared cache. No change.
     
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    You might need a new router. I replaced mine when there were too many devices connected to the house.

    1 phone/ 1 tablet / 1 pc per person
    Couple of tv devices
    Ring
    Printer
    Any other gadget like alexa...

    Imagine your wifi router as an air traffic controller
     
  19. Roscoe Arbuckle

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    Yeah, but I got the computer back online only to now have tons of websites saying I have no access. Including this one. This is maddening. I'm sure one of the solutions to get this online screwed up my website access.
     
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    Did you get drunk and call your computer a f*****g f****t?
     
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