So I have a very good surface level of networking knowledge, although obviously not a expert. I’ve had my own home network for years. Central router, 4 access points in 3 different outbuildings, several servers, etc. Last week, my laptop stopped being able to access the Wi-Fi. Other devices are not affected including my wife’s computer (a couple of years old Dell), my kids (2 of them) computers, 2 laptops and a homebuilt older desktop, several tablets, all of our phones, fire TVs, and probably one or two things I haven’t thought of. So, not unreasonably, I figure it is a problem with my laptop, an Alienware M18R2 with Killer branded network interfaces (Killer E5000 Gigabit Ethernet, Killer BE1750x Wireless network). I have:
Checked the private/public status of the network (was private)
forgotten the network on Wi-Fi, it is still saying it “Can’t connect to this network”
removed and reinstalled the devices/drivers
Did a network reset (Settings->Advanced network settings->Network reset)
I hooked into the wired ethernet directly to the router. I can log into and check the router. I have checked to see if there were any security (MAC address bans) that denied me access to the network, but there are none. The wired network gives me access to the router and an IP on the network, but I can’t access any shared drives on any of 3 different servers. I also have access to the internet. The wired network says that it is private. Advance sharing says that Network discovery is on and that File and printer sharing is on.
My network is Starlink->Asus GT-BE98 Pro->access points (other Asus routers)->computers and servers.
I am at a loss as to what to do next. The only thing affected is my laptop, and I don’t want to factory reset it as it would be a pain to restore it, especially as I can’t access the network to backup anything. Any help is appreciated. Maybe a virus? I’ve scanned, but nothing shows up and there are no visibly weird activities.
Thanks,
Simon