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Question

Only my home network isn't connecting on only my laptop

Feb 24, 2016 3:49PM PST

Windows 8.1 Laptop can connect to any other network except my home network. Any other device can connect to my home network except my laptop. I'm typing this on my phone, on my home network.

I've done everything. I'm pulling my hair out. It's been over a week of trying everything I can find.

I know that my Acer E5 511P-C98BM model is known for wifi issues, and if there has been a variety of wifi issue, I've resolved it. Except THIS. I didn't do anything to cause it, it just STOPPED like a week ago.

Things I've done:
- General troubleshooting (tells me to connect to a network. GEE.)
- restarted modem and PC over and over in every conceivable combination
- Firewall toggling
- netsh wlan commands (media not connected. DOUBLE GEE)
- ipconfig/all yields that everything is working and enabled, but MEDIA NOT CONNECTED
- IP address is obtained automatically
- I've updated the wifi driver
- I've disabled and re-enabled the driver
- I've DELETED THE DRIVER, and had to go on a friend's ethernet to re-download the driver. Afterward, the wifi worked at her house! Got home and NOPE.

Please help me, dear god. If anything, this should be a titillating challenge for you guys.

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Answer
No challenge.
Feb 24, 2016 3:58PM PST

When I find an onboard fail like that I plug in a 10 to 20 buck USB WiFi and carry on. If the client feels it's the OS, we factory reset the machine.

There is a possibility it's your router. The machine could be blocked in the router or you are just out of range.

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But... Why is this happening?
Feb 24, 2016 4:24PM PST

Forgive me, I'm an English major and I need to ask pointless questions that don't have answers.

How could I check to see if my router has blacklisted my laptop arbitrarily? Why would it be that only my laptop, and only this network?

(It's definitely not out of range.)

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That would be something in the router configuration
Feb 24, 2016 5:30PM PST

Many folk can't check for MAC address filters, firewalls and such so my suggestion is to factory reset the router and set it up again. Here that's about 15 minutes.