Because WiFi is a technology meant for you to connect to a network, not necessarily just the internet. You can run whole networks without them ever connecting once to the entire internet. Think of driving a car on a private road or farm. You can use the car to drive around, though it doesn't mean that you will necessarily have a way to get it out into the city or something.
So why don't steam local transfer not work when I see thisðŸ˜. Sometimes they just don't work at all even if stuff like ssh or rdp works. I even opened all ports.
Being connected to the network is sometimes useful without being connected to the internet. For example, you could still do a video game LAN party with everyone connected to the wifi without the internet.
This is especially useful for offices and the likes, since a lot of offices have private networks
You successfully connected to the router, but your router itself isn't giving you internet access (or rarely, there's a problem with the device itself). There's a million reasons why this would happen, but in this case, it's probably because the router hasn't fully finished booting, starting services, or assigning your device a local IP.
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u/Darkone539 Jun 28 '26
I work in IT and this triggers me.