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Solved! one workstation has strong wifi but no internet

Oct 3, 2018
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I have a workstation running windows 7 and for some reason will connect to the wifi network, but no internet access. All the other workstations are fine except for this one. Wifi signal is strong. Ran the troubleshooting and just said no problems found. It is hardwired to the company server. Could this be some IP or DNS conflict? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.
 
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I believe you need to set an interface metric. Look at the other workstations adapter settings for the Wi-Fi adapter for reference, I'm guessing either that metric or another setting is not configured the same.
As I read and understand your post, it appears that you have both the wireless and wired network adapters enabled.

Should be one adapter or the other. Not both wired and wireless at the same time.
 
I believe you need to set an interface metric. Look at the other workstations adapter settings for the Wi-Fi adapter for reference, I'm guessing either that metric or another setting is not configured the same.
 
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