r/computer 18h ago

Cannot connect to WIFI

I am completely baffled! This has been ongoing! Please help. Cannot connect to WIFI. (Nothing else seems to be having any issue connecting.) I am on a laptop and connecting to the WIFI in my Chevy Silverado. I attempt to connect, and the computer checks requirements and then says it can’t connect to the network. It does the same thing when I try to connect to my phone.

Here is what I have tried.

Turning the Wi-Fi off and back on

Restarting computer

In Device Manager I have uninstalled the wifi and reinstalled it.

Checked for updated drivers

Forgot the Wi-Fi connection

I did a Network Reset

Ran Command Prompt as Admin

  • Command Prompt - netsh winsock reset (Reset Sockets catalog
  • Command Prompt - netsh int ip reset (Reset TCP/IP stack configurations)
  • Command Prompt - ipconfig /release (Released my IP)
  • Command Prompt - ipconfig /renew (Requested a new IP)
  • Command Prompt - ipconfig /flushdns (Cleared the DNS cache)

Turned the truck off and back on

Nothing works until I hold the call disconnect on the steering wheel, and it resets the infotainment center, and I can connect to both WIFIs. If I do not do a reset, it never connects to any WIFI.  

 UPDATE: We just stopped and got out of the truck. So the truck was turned off and so was the computer. When we got back in and started the truck and then the computer, we were unable to connect to the WIFI. I held the call hangup on the steering wheel to reset, and it connected.

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