It is often a frustrating moment when you are connected to your home WiFi network but there is no Internet. Even after passing the donkey’s years, we are continually encountering the ‘WiFi connected but no Internet Access’ error. But unluckily, there is no one solution to fix this.

In many cases, it occurs due to changes in the settings of your computer’s operating system or the router’s firmware, but the reason may not always be same. You have to try different fixes to identify the correct one.

Here in this post, some tested options to fix the WiFi connected but no Internet error. So, let’s roll the balls and check how to perform Netgear router setup to eliminate no Internet error.

  • If your home WiFi router and modem are separate, restart both.
  • Turn OFF both the devices.
  • Wait for 10-15 seconds
  • Turn On the modem first and after a minute turn on the WiFi router.
  • Wait for a few minutes and check the Internet connection.

This is the simplest solution that majorly fixes many small issues occur in your home WiFi router.

If not, let’s move our step towards some advanced tested options.

Let’s begin with it!

An issue with the Internet Connection

Many times, the WiFi connected but no Internet issue may be with the Internet connection, not with the router or any connected device. It could be because of broken cables or just about anything that is not within your control like bad weather, heavy rainfall. Even if the problem is from ISP then you can’t do anything in it.

Problem with Your Connected Device

When other connected devices are able to access the Internet but the problem lies with your one devices, then follow the below-mentioned steps:

Firstly, try to restart your device and check if still the same problem.

If that fails to fix you no Internet problem, then go with the following steps:

  • Right-click on the network icon present at the bottom right side of your taskbar.
  • Hit on “Troubleshoot problems”.
  • The Windows will automatically diagnose the problem and try to resolve it.

DNS Conflict

A DNS cache stores all the recently visited websites, so it can quickly load the website for you.

Typically, while entering a URL on your web browser, the OS intercepts the URL and looks into the DNS cache memory. If your request matches, the OS take these pages from the cache instead of redirecting to the server to download the pages.

Sometimes, the DNS cache corrupt due to some technical error or unauthorized domain names used by third-party software in the form of virus or malware. Advertisement and banners send malicious code to hack or corrupt your DNS cache.

So how to prevent corrupted DNS cache. To do that,

  • Press Windows + R key, and then type ‘CMD’.
  • Hit the ‘Enter’ key.
  • Type ‘ipconfig/flushdns’ and again hit the Enter key.

This command will flush the DNS cache. Now try to restart your computer and WiFi router by giving the command to your router by visiting routerlogin.net interface.

IP Address Conflict

Mostly IP conflict occurs hen two or more devices work on the same IP address. When this happens, both the devices fail to connect to the network.

Though it is rare, still IP conflict can happen in the following conditions:

When two devices are assigned the same static IP address like 192.168.1.1.
When a computer or laptop is in sleeping mode and it’s IP address is assigned to another device present on the same network. So, the time you turn on your computer or laptop, there’s an IP conflict.
An IP conflict is common when you have multiple WiFi routers connected to the same network.

To fix this,

  • Open CMD.
  • Type ipconfig/release, and then hit the Enter key.

This should fix your WiFi-connected by no Internet error. If not, try to restart your router and see if that works.