When you are using a Wi-Fi network and not able to access the Internet – you will end up troubleshooting to find the problem as -“Wifi doesn’t have a valid IP configuration”.
No matter whether you have Windows 8 or Window 10 installed. This is a common problem. If you are searching for a solution, we have you covered. In this article, we have mentioned the best possible methods to solve the issue.
Most of the time, you just need to reset the network adapter or the TCP/IP to access the Internet. In order to do that, you will have to utilize the command prompt. Let us take a look at the steps you need to follow:
If it is an IP-based issue or maybe an IP configuration problem, you can get rid of the old IP address and assign a new IP automatically. To do that, you need to type in the following commands:
ipconfig /release – Tells the DHCP server the old IP is available to be assigned
ipconfig /flushdns – Clears DNS cache
ipconfig /renew – Requests a new IP
You need to manually assign an IP address to resolve any IP-based issue. For that, you can refer to our guide to help you manually assign a static IP address.
It is highly unlikely that you need to check your router’s configuration unless you have modified it recently. But, in case you did something, you should go through the manufacturer’s resource pages in order to check the settings. Let us help you with the links to the manual for some of the popular manufacturers:
The routers are limited to a certain amount of users (Depending on what network equipment you have). If you have a lot of connections active through a router, you might want to check that.
Similar to how you utilize the user guide to check the configuration of your router, you need to look for the steps in order to change the number of DHCP users.
A VPN service, usually when configured wrong, can also lead to this type of network problems. So, if you happen to use a VPN service, you should check whether that is what’s causing the issue in the first place. Stop using the VPN service for a moment and see if the issue gets resolved.
If you like to keep things to up-to-date, you might want to update your driver. But, not unless you are really sure that the driver version is the issue behind the error.
If you recently installed the driver, you can try looking for an update (and upgrade it to the latest version available). Here’s how to do it:
However, if you had no trouble with the current driver and you are suddenly starting to encounter issues, you should simply uninstall it and then re-install the same by restarting the computer (or by scanning for a hardware change). Here’s how to do it:
With all the solutions mentioned, you should be able to easily fix the error “WiFi doesn’t have a valid IP configuration”. Once, you have an active Internet connection, you can diagnose the network with the troubleshooter to verify if you still encounter the issue.
If you are still facing a problem with the error after trying all the methods above, let us know in the comments below.