▲ 6 r/Network
What even...
My windows 10 computer crashed yesterday, when I restarted it I couldn't access the web. The local network was still accessible.
My other devices connected to the same network had no such issues however. I still restarted my router and all that but it did nothing. Usb-thered my phone, still nothing. Updating the network driver didn't do anything either.
When I pinged 1.1.1.1 I realized I could still access the internet, just no hostnames, meaning it could be a dns issue. I flushed the dns, nothing, changed dns servers, nothing. I tried everything, renewed dhcp, reset winsock, changed ip adress and every other advice I could find online, nothing. I was completely stumped and I didn't really feel like reinstalling windows even though I knew that'd probably fix it.
On a pure whim I connected to a VPN tunnel, I hadn't really expected anything, but to my surprise it worked, I could access the internet again even after disconnecting.
HOW DID THAT FIX IT?????
u/aroeah126 — 2 months ago