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Hoopoat
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Jan 28, 2020
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My HP Envy 15t can't connect wirelessly with my Nighthawk R8000

My HP Envy 15t isn't connecting wirelessly with my Nighthawk R8000. I started with HP and have tested my WIFI card adapter (it works) and I've done everything HP threw at me including backing up my l...
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    michaelkenward
    Jan 29, 2020

    This tells us that the problem is limited to the wifi bit of your HP. So, not really that weird, and not much, if anything, to do with your wifi Netgear device.

     

    Does the HP work on other wifi?

     

    One guess is that you need to tell Windows that you are on a "private network".

     

    • Network and Internet settings
    • Network Status
    • Change Connection Properties
    • Network Profile
    • Private

     

    Again, nothing to do with the R8000.