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Okay, so I was helping an elderly woman with her laptop + internet today (with payment). Problem: Laptop connects to WiFi, shows internet connection, but you couldn't even go to google.com.

The router wasn't the issue as my phone worked on the same WiFi. After a lot of troubleshooting steps, I noticed that Windows forced IPV6 for all WiFi connections for some reason. The router doesn't even support IPV6... So I disabled it and everything started working again.

WHY THE FUCK DID WINDOWS NOT TRY TO LOOKUP A IPV4 ADDRESS IF THE IPV6 FAILS? BOTH WERE ENABLED! WHO AT THE FUCKING WINDOWS 10 DEVELOPMENT TEAM THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA?

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  • 3
    7y
    Are you sure that the router has no ipv6? I would guess that the routers ipv6 is broken. I'm not a windowsuser, but this doesn't sounds right.
  • 1
    7y
    @plusgut what did you expect its windows
  • 0
    7y
    @plusgut I know for a fact that the router doesn't support IPV4 because it's provided by the same provider as the one we have at home, and that provider doesn't enable IPV6 by default.
  • 1
    7y
    @filthyranter and just because it's not enabled the dhcp works pobably? i doubt that.
  • 2
    7y
    @explosg afaik it's not that bad anymore.
  • 0
    7y
    @plusgut well the main reason i dont like it is Windows fucking update and the ERR: WATCHSDOG ERROR crashes when gaming sometimes
  • 3
    7y
    Im using an IPv4 on windows without any problems. Are you sure it wasnt enabled manually by accident?
  • 0
    7y
    Dude you are over reacting calmn down
  • 1
    7y
    @Codex404 It was enabled.
  • 1
    7y
    @plusgut True, it's not that bad anymore, but sometimes weird shit happens.
  • 2
    7y
    @explosg If you get WATCHDOG_CLOCK_TIMEOUT, your CPU shut itself off. Not Windows' fault, check your CPU cooling.
  • 0
    7y
    @filthyranter well it stats at about 50'C with a hyper 212 cooler. Never happens on linux and no warnings
  • 3
    7y
    @explosg Still, your CPU shuts itself off for some reason that's not Windows' fault.
  • 2
    7y
    @filthyranter but are you sure its enabled by default? It might be enabled by someone else before you had to help.
  • 1
    7y
    Well idk id blame it on Windows anyway as it only happens in Windows. </Argument>
  • 1
    7y
    @explosg Similar shit happens in Linux but usually it's more obvious than in Windows.
  • 0
    7y
    @Codex404 The one who helped before didn't access the settings for that anyway. However, the Creators Update wasn't on the laptop when he last helped her (and it was turned off ever since)
  • 0
    7y
    I hate to be that guy but by saying that you took payment means you either think that we are going to praise you for taking payment for an elderly person (I know some of them expect to get help for free) or you think that a young woman is expected to pay for the same help, no matter what.
  • 1
    7y
    @cmarshall10450 I don't like helping people I barely know for free, you know. Also she offered to pay first, so yeah.
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