Windows 11 Chaos? Archer VR400
I have a new good quality reconditioned HP EliteBook 540 G7 running Win 11, the first time I have used this OS. It initially connected to the internet with no problems. After partially setting it up, I now find that if I enable WIFI it not only won’t connect, but breaks the connection of other computers connected to the router until I toggle off WIFI again on the EliteBook.
I’ve spent too many hours checking and re-checking my internet settings, doing network resets and other tips on the internet, but no improvement. I have also tried restoring Win 11 to an earlier restore point and exiting antivirus/firewall.
Strangely, to me at least, I have managed to get workgroup file and printer setting working fine although to do so I had to enable ‘Enable insecure guest logins’ via edit group policies. Reversing this makes no difference.
I have an Archer-VR400 icon on the network connection screen and double-clicking that takes me to the router interface, but I’m afraid I don’t understand much that I see there, however I can see that the Elitebook is listed under wireless clients. If instead of using the icon to get to the router I try to connect by typing 192.168.2.1 into my browser address bar, which is the way I usually access the router from my other machines, that doesn’t work.
I wonder if my router just too old to cope with Windows 11?
Any advice will be very much appreciated.
If all other devices are workin properly when connected to the VR400 then the issue should be on the Elitebook (Win11) network settings.
Here are typical VR400 LAN settings:
From your LAN you'e accessing the VR400 WebGUI on its LAN IP address which is 192.168.1.1.
There shouldn't be any LAN IP address like 192.168.2.1 on your network unless you're using a second router or something's wrong with Windows 11 Settings.
That means every wireless or wired client (mobiles, desktop, laptop) on your network should have an IP address in the 192.168.1.X / 255.255.255.0 subnet.
Sorry about the delay. No email notification for some reason.
This is what I have on that screen:
I notice that the laptop appears twice in the 'Client List' with the assigned IP addresses of 192.168.1.103 and 192.168.1.111.
I tested the connectivity of the laptop in a public space yesterday (the pub) and it worked fine
You have two DHCP servers configured in your VR400 - that's why it serves IP addresses in two different subnets - 192.168.1.0/24 and 192.168..2.0/24.
If you have connected your laptop by both Wi-Fi and cable, it should have received two IP addresses in the client list table.
Post a screenshot of the Interface grouping menu:
and the IPTV menu:
Do you use any IPTV service from your ISP ?
Don't copy the settings from my screenshots - they are just an example which screenshots from your VR400 to post in the thread.
If you don't use any IPTV service you should disable these:
And IPTV feature:
Reboot VR400 and test if there's an improvement.