I can access intranet and internet but W10 tells me I&#x27;m not connected to a network??

12/9/2017

12/4/2017

Hi

There is a hotfix available for this issue please download.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2524478/the-network-location-profile-changes-from-domain-to-public-in-windows

Are you connected to wireless network as well as a cable connected network ?

12/4/2017

ASKER

I'm connected via cable. Gonna try your fix!

12/4/2017

ASKER

Your fix is for Windows 7 though? I'm on Windows 10 ..

12/4/2017

ASKER

The problem is exactly as described on that hotfix page though!

12/4/2017

Apologies missed the OS bit ;)

12/4/2017

What has changed ? Was it working ok.
Are you using a fixed IP address or are you using DHCP ?

12/4/2017

Add your domain name to the dns suffix option under your tcpip advanced adapter settings/properties.

Disable and re-enable your LAN adapter

12/4/2017

ASKER

I'm using DHCP. And I can access both the Internet and our local network (using the server names, NOT by browsing!).

What changed is that I had installed VirtualBox (which did something to the network connections/cards) and later uninstalled it again. Problems seem to have started there, but not sure ... on the other hand, other Windows 10 users here seem to experience the same problem, so maybe not related to VirtualBox after all ... could be McAfee maybe? Have to check in with a superior ...

12/4/2017

ASKER

Domain name had already been added ...

12/4/2017

Yes what you need to focus on is what has changed, any changes in DNS?
Disable Mcafee and restart to see if that fixes your issues.

Can you share your ipconfig /all ?
Is your default gateway correct ?

12/4/2017

Please read https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/networking/2010/09/08/network-location-awareness-nla-and-how-it-relates-to-windows-firewall-profiles/ to understand why and when windows decides to select a domain firewall profile.

John

12/4/2017

The only time I have seen this (Connected but Icon says No) is the antirust installed. Uninstall your antivirus temporarily and test. Please let us know.

12/4/2017

ASKER

Zaheer: the ipconfig/ all output is fine, dns suffix is shown correctly

12/4/2017

ASKER

John: what do you mean with antirust? I'll try to uninstall mcAfee then in order to test it ...

John

12/4/2017

I meant antivirus (typo). Let us know after you remove McAfee whether anything changed.

12/4/2017

ASKER

McKnife: I see only 3 options in my GP Editor under 'network list manager policies' (the domain name is missing) .. I guess that's part of the problem?

John

12/4/2017

Yes. Try without McAfee and please let us know

12/4/2017

"McKnife: I see only 3 options in my GP Editor" - your editor cannot show you the 4th option if it does not determine that it's connected to a domain. The GPO is not there to fix that. I linked the article to give you an overview about the components that play a role.
Normally (own experience), this will only happen if the 1st and 2nd DNS server (the DCs) are not reachable or if the 1st and 2nd DNS entries are set to something different than your DCs' IP addresses. You can check that. You said "ipconfig /all... dns suffix is ok" - that does not matter here, what about the DNS IPs?

12/4/2017

ASKER

McKnife: DNS IPs are ok too, I can ping both and names do resolve

12/4/2017

ASKER

John: I've uninstalled McAfee, same problem ... W10 tells me I'm not connected to any networks. Yet I can access my local network (but not browse it) and also the Internet ... It really seems to be this problem but there's no hotfix for W10? https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2524478/the-network-location-profile-changes-from-domain-to-public-in-windows

12/4/2017

ASKER

And so the main problem is indeed that my PC is connected to (my local network) as 'guest or public network' instead of 'domain network' ... and I seem unable to change that :/

12/4/2017

I have sometimes corrected this buggy behavior by simply changing the IP.
Example: client IP was 192.168.0.100, changed it to 192.168.0.101 - bingo, works at once, domain connection detected in a few seconds.

12/4/2017

ASKER

Ok, so I have hit that 'network reset' button in the settings and now everything works again fine!

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12/4/2017

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12/4/2017

you suggested other users also have the same issue ?

12/4/2017

Thanks for sharing. Yes, virtual box can ruin network settings. But honestly, sometimes you don't do anything else but reboot and this problem is seen. As I told you, I simply change the IP and then (now for the "big" step) change it back to what it was and it works. Any windows component has its bugs from time to time.

12/4/2017

ASKER

Zaheer: yes, it seems so. will check with them again. I'll try the 'reset now' button there too.

McKnife: yes, might have been VirtualBox in my case. it started acting weird once I uninstalled it.