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Could someone please help me? I have searched through articles for hours and cannot find the answer on my own, so this will be my first post in asking for help.

I have two laptops one PC and the other MAC. My mac will connect to the internet via wireless network with no problems.

I can not connect to the internet on the PC laptop. The wireless network is showing 1) Status : Connected 2) very good signal strength.

I tried start-run-cmd

ping

4 packets sent - 4 received - 0 lost

Still does not connect to the internet

Thank you

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Short summary: because the laptop reaches a remote host by IP (per your tests) the Wi‑Fi association and basic routing look fine; the remaining suspects are name resolution (DNS), a proxy/hosts setting, or a local firewall/proxy on the PC. was on the right track about DNS and ’s traceroute suggestion points toward where name lookup or routing fails.

Quick checklist to run through (Windows):

  • Confirm what DNS the PC is using and compare it to the Mac (Network Connections → right‑click the wireless adapter → Properties → Internet Protocol Version 4 → Properties). As a temporary test you can point IPv4 to a well‑known public resolver and then revert if needed.

  • Gather diagnostic output so others can help. Open a command prompt and run:

    ipconfig /all

    Post the IPv4 address, Default Gateway and the DNS Server lines (mask sensitive entries if desired).

  • Clear local name cache and reset the stack, then reboot:

    ipconfig /flushdns
netsh winsock reset
netsh int ip reset

  • Check the local hosts file (C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts) for stray entries that map names to wrong IPs.

  • Verify browser and system proxy settings (Control Panel → Internet Options → Connections → LAN settings) and make sure the browser is not in offline mode.

  • Temporarily disable any third‑party firewall/antivirus that provides web protection; some suites install web proxies or block DNS.

If those checks don’t fix it, post the requested ipconfig /all output and the DNS server list from the Mac (System Preferences → Network → Wi‑Fi → Advanced → DNS). That will let helpers confirm whether the PC is getting the same DHCP info as the Mac and narrow the next steps.

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run the command tracert www.google.com and post the output

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If this works:
ping
4 packets sent - 4 received - 0 lost

Then it seems that your connection is good. Check your DNS. DO you get DNS servers from DHCP? If yes, make sure you dont have some static entries in there. compare the dns IP to that of the mac.

On the PC, you can run nslookup and try any domain name (i.e. www.google.com) and see if you get a response. If you don't then its a resolution issue.

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