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D1812
Aspirant
May 05, 2017
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iPad connects but think pads cannot

Using WNDR3700v4 I can connect to Internet with iPad3 but three different think pads connect to NETGEAR96 but there is no internet connection. I have returned to factory settings many times without results. Using Windows 10 on one and win7 on other two. Furthermore I cannot establish a hardware internet connection either. 

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  • D1812's avatar
    D1812
    May 07, 2017

    Problem resolved but questions remain. Last night there was brief power failure and this morning the Thinkpads started connecting wirelessly with the web. However, during the past week I had disconnected all the devises so a brief power outage was not anything new.

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      D1812
      Aspirant
      May 06, 2017

      The brand of modem is Arris TM822 and provider is Optimum. It's my modem. This started when was trying to use a cellular connection for Internet and placed the router in bridge mode. It's been many factory settings return since then. 

      I upgraded the drivers and ran commands like 

      As Administrator
      ipconfig /flushdns
      ipconfig /registerdns
      Ipconfig /release
      ipconfig /renew
      NETSH winsock reset catalog
      NETSH int ipv4 reset reset.log
      NETSH int ipv6 reset reset.log

      i also changed cables 

      i had two computers that were connected to the router at the time. I had an older thinkpad running win7 32 and tried that without success. I am writing this on my iPad which connects and  the websites you referred me to are when nothing connects. 

      I appreciate any help you can provide

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        D1812
        Aspirant
        May 06, 2017

        In addition as previously mentioned the computer also doesn't  connect when hard wired. All the lights on the router are illuminated correctly. The second light from the top is not illuminated. I don't know what that means.

         

        i have a plan with T mobile for unlimited use for two phones and would like to dump cable and using a tethered cell phone, connect a computer to the router. Should this be as simple as hardwiring the tethered computer to router's Internet port? 

        Thanks