X220 - Both WiFi and Cable Internet stopped. It connects but no Internet.

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X220 - Both WiFi and Cable Internet stopped. It connects but no Internet.

#1 Post by jgrobertson7 » Sun Jan 22, 2017 10:14 pm

I have several devices on my home network and all have internet - some wired and some wireless - both 2.4 and 5 GHz bands. They all work.

I now have Windows 10 on my X220 that has worked fine on any of the three connections network connections for some time.

Today, I turned it on and while the WiFi connected at both frequencies, I get "no interent." I tried a cable and the same thing. I did all the obvious things, reboot, disable then reboot, ran the diagnostics twice. Still nothing.

Since this just occurred out of the blue, it could be a hardware issue. Any ideas? Thank for any help.

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Re: X220 - Both WiFi and Cable Internet stopped. It connects but no Internet.

#2 Post by ajkula66 » Sun Jan 22, 2017 11:32 pm

jgrobertson7 wrote:
Since this just occurred out of the blue, it could be a hardware issue.
It's unlikely to be a hardware issue. Just to be completely certain, I'd boot a "live" Linux CD/DVD/USB and check how the system behaves in that environment.

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Re: X220 - Both WiFi and Cable Internet stopped. It connects but no Internet.

#3 Post by jgrobertson7 » Mon Jan 23, 2017 12:48 am

Thanks for the tip. But I opened it up and reseated the WiFi chip and now it works. Sometimes those contacts, despite being gold, will need to be exercised a bit. Fortunately that worked.

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Re: X220 - Both WiFi and Cable Internet stopped. It connects but no Internet.

#4 Post by ajkula66 » Mon Jan 23, 2017 4:25 am

jgrobertson7 wrote:Thanks for the tip. But I opened it up and reseated the WiFi chip and now it works. Sometimes those contacts, despite being gold, will need to be exercised a bit. Fortunately that worked.
I'm glad that your machine is up and running, but how does re-seating the wireless card relate to the wired LAN previously not working?
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