2011-11-23

Windows 7 is stuck on an “Unidentified Network” with no internet access.

I just got a new router (yay!) and after setting it up I tested everything on my network. Everything on a wired connection worked fine but nothing wireless worked. I opened up the Network and Sharing Center and found that I wasn’t on my network.

unidentified network

My connection kept jumping back and forth from “Identifying…” to “Unidentified Network” and never connected to the internet. After rechecking the router settings and my WiFi adaptor’s settings I found that nothing was configured wrong. After some intense Googleing I found out what was wrong. The default gateway had changed to 0.0.0.0 .To fix this just do the following:

1: Click on Start, then type “cmd”, right click and select open as administrator.
2: type ROUTE DELETE 0.0.0.0
3: Restart and your computer should connect properly.

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jadon said...

reallllyy apreciaate this you were the first link i clicked on. cheers