Computer connects, says it has an internet connection, but cannot do anything

It’s not the cable, tried switching
Tried wifi, no change
Other devices can connect without issue
Tried restarting router, nope
Tried the whole ipconfig renew I saw online, nope
restart the pc, no change

Was literally on it less than 12 hours ago, now this shit. Fuk

Wut do

This post was edited by partank on Oct 25 2022 05:30pm

and suddenly it works after 45mins of pulling my hair out

i dont even

try disabling ipv6 and setting your dns servers to cloudflare 1.1.1.1 or google 8.8.8.8 on ipv4

Connecting to the internet doesn't mean you actually have connection directly. Try pinging 8.8.8.8 in command prompt. This is googles DNS server, and has echo enabled. If you get pings back - you are connected.

Hi Partank,

If you suddenly get similar errors again do a DNS flush, go to the start menu and search "cmd" then in the command prompt window type in "ipconfig /flushdns" and press enter, make sure you're launching cmd as an administrator.

If that doesn't work than in cmd, refresh your windows network socket too by typing in "netsh winsock reset" in the same window.

In this particular case it actually sounds like your ISP was the source of the issue in general, if restarting your router/modem doesn't do the trick, just call your ISP:p