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resander · 02-07-2014, 11:46

A family member had been using Windows 8.1 + Norton + Superhub 2 succesfully for 3-4 months. Then suddenly Wifi stopped working. The wifi signal indicator on the laptop showed a good-quality wifi signal but the laptop did not connect to internet.

It turned out the cause was the Norton firewall blocking 192.168.0.1. Family member has no knowledge about firewalls so Norton itself must have been the culprit.

Uninstalled the the whole or Norton from the control panel of W8 and after this wifi was back to normal. I then put Kaspersky Internet Securiity demo version onto laptop. If this had not worked I would run the Ubuntu (at least version 12.04 or newer) LiveCd in demo mode.

02-07-2014, 11:46	#36
resander Inactive Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: East London Services: BB:100Mb TV:XL+SkySports&ESPN Phone:M Posts: 43	Re: New superhub 2 and no wifi A family member had been using Windows 8.1 + Norton + Superhub 2 succesfully for 3-4 months. Then suddenly Wifi stopped working. The wifi signal indicator on the laptop showed a good-quality wifi signal but the laptop did not connect to internet. It turned out the cause was the Norton firewall blocking 192.168.0.1. Family member has no knowledge about firewalls so Norton itself must have been the culprit. Uninstalled the the whole or Norton from the control panel of W8 and after this wifi was back to normal. I then put Kaspersky Internet Securiity demo version onto laptop. If this had not worked I would run the Ubuntu (at least version 12.04 or newer) LiveCd in demo mode.