my aspire will not work on private network, only on public. what could be wrong

jimmyjimmy60

I have tried in vain to get my laptop to work on the private setting to no avail.  works great on the public setting with my router 

jimmyjimmy60

will it make any difference used on the public rather than private?

Sharanji

Hi @jimmyjimmy60

In Windows 10, go ahead and click on the Ethernet or wireless icon in the system tray of your taskbar. The Ethernet icon is like a little computer and the wireless icon is, well, pretty well-known. Once you do that, click on the Network & Internet Settings link.

This will bring you to the PC settings dialog with the Status tab selected. If you are connected to a WiFi network, click on WiFi in the left-hand pane, otherwise click on Ethernet.

Go ahead and click on the name of the WiFi network or Ethernet network that has the Connected status. When you click on the network, you will now be able to select Public or Private.

For WiFi networks, you’ll also have the option to connect automatically when in range of the WiFi network.Click the Yes option.

A new window will appear asking you 'Share with other computers' on the network. You can safely ignore this page by clicking on the Close button. Your computer should now be connected to the private network.

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jimmyjimmy60

Thank you for your help...….I had to totally refresh the computer. It removed all the add on programs including Acer APPs. I did this on the advice of Acer themselves. They could not even fix the issue. The refresh did. took a while. but all is good now.