Wifi won't connect to school wifi anymore | Linus Tech Tips | Page 1

cyan sinew Jan 12, 2024, 1:54 PM

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Hi so my laptop won't connect to my school wifi anymore. Does anyone know why this could be happening? I've tried doing these steps but nothing fixed

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I've tried restarting my laptop

shell atlas Jan 12, 2024, 1:57 PM

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I’d ask a network admin

cyan sinew Jan 12, 2024, 1:57 PM

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I've asked but they said they can't do anything as they didn't issue the device

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They connected the laptop via an ethernet cable which got it working while it was on ethernet but as soon it disconnected it stopped working

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But that's basically all they did

shell atlas Jan 12, 2024, 2:00 PM

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Can you use Ethernet now again temporarily

cyan sinew Jan 12, 2024, 2:00 PM

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Nope cus that was like 30min ago

shell atlas Jan 12, 2024, 2:00 PM

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So you’re not at school anymore

cyan sinew Jan 12, 2024, 2:01 PM

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No I'm at school. Just in class rn

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Trying to get my wifi to work

shell atlas Jan 12, 2024, 2:01 PM

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Well wait till you can access the network so you can try drivers unless you have a android phone and a cable.

cyan sinew Jan 12, 2024, 2:02 PM

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I have an android phone but no cable

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I could ask other people if they have a cable

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If I am able to get a cable what do I do?

shell atlas Jan 12, 2024, 2:03 PM

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Wait till either a cable or Ethernet is available

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Could do Bluetooth if that works just takes a minute

cyan sinew Jan 12, 2024, 2:04 PM

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That's fine

shell atlas Jan 12, 2024, 2:05 PM

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What I usually do is uninstall the current Wi-Fi drivers

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Look up the laptop model + drivers and the manufacturers site should pop up on google go there

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Will be under lan/wlan, wifi, wireless something like that

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Having the actual Wi-Fi chips name is nice cause you could get it straight from Realtek/mediatek whoever made it

cyan sinew Jan 12, 2024, 2:07 PM

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Ok

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How do I get the file onto the laptop via Bluetooth after

shell atlas Jan 12, 2024, 2:08 PM

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Long hold the file should have a option to share and click Bluetooth

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Have to connect the laptop to the phone first though

cyan sinew Jan 12, 2024, 2:10 PM

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I have it connected via Bluetooth and select share

shell atlas Jan 12, 2024, 2:13 PM

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Says you need to set it to allow incoming files

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The laptop

cyan sinew Jan 12, 2024, 2:15 PM

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Ok I searched it up and there was a specific page I had to open

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Ok do after Uninstalling the drivers should I restart my pc before installing the new ones?

shell atlas Jan 12, 2024, 2:18 PM

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Press attempt to remove then uninstall, instal the new ones then restart

cyan sinew Jan 12, 2024, 2:19 PM

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Ok 👍

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tysm

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this used to happen randomly and then it would fix. today it broke and wouldnt fix until now. tytytyty

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