JoeBarbone
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"limited" connectivity when connecting Win 8.1 netbook to Netgear N750
Hello everyone,
I have a little bit of an issue that I cannot figure out. I have an Aspire One 726 Netbook on which I just installed Windows 8.1. It is connecting to the Wi-Fi, but not getting connected to the Internet. In other words, it has "limited" connectivity. This is strange. I have another laptop running Windows 8.1 that connects with no problem. The Netbook also connects to other wireless networks without an issue. I rebooted the laptop 8000 times to no avail. I've rebooted the N750, the cable modem, and everything else in the office just to be sure. I'm running WPA2.
Has anyone ever experience this before? I've reinstalled the OS four (4) times and it still does the exact same thing when trying to connect. I put a Windows 7 Pro drive and it works just fine.
Thanks in advance!
Joe
I have a little bit of an issue that I cannot figure out. I have an Aspire One 726 Netbook on which I just installed Windows 8.1. It is connecting to the Wi-Fi, but not getting connected to the Internet. In other words, it has "limited" connectivity. This is strange. I have another laptop running Windows 8.1 that connects with no problem. The Netbook also connects to other wireless networks without an issue. I rebooted the laptop 8000 times to no avail. I've rebooted the N750, the cable modem, and everything else in the office just to be sure. I'm running WPA2.
Has anyone ever experience this before? I've reinstalled the OS four (4) times and it still does the exact same thing when trying to connect. I put a Windows 7 Pro drive and it works just fine.
Thanks in advance!
Joe
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I downloaded a trial version of Win 8.1 Enterprise to see if a different install works. The copy I installed was a student version downloaded from onthehub.com via my school website. I had Windows 8 running on the netbook and it ran great, nice, quick, no issues at all. This version of 8.1 for some reason isn't happy. It's slow on top of the issues with the wireless and it's on an SSD drive! Sooooo, long story short (I know, too late), I'm going to install the Enterprise version and see if that works. If so, then I'll write it off as a bad download and move on.
Thanks for the input!
Joe