Windows 10: Win10 Wifi shows "Unable to connect to the Internet" , but the Internet can be accessed

Hi everyone, I got a wifi problem and really cannot fix it. It will be great if anyone can help who met similar problem before. The Wifi icon on a Windows10 laptop shows "cannot connect to the Internet" the small earth icon at the right of status bar when the wifi is connected, but the Internet is still available. My problem is that OneNote keeps sync failed because it detects the network connection state and then run the sync. After a lot of searching and tried quite a lot, still got no luck. Mainly the dicussions were related to the bug after Windows update, such a

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Nokia lumia 520 connected to wifi but unable to access internet.

does anyone have a solution to this ?? i am facing the same problem!!

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Nokia lumia 520 connected to wifi but unable to access internet.
Hi,
Nokia lumia 520 able to search and connect to wifi network but unable to access internet on my phone while all the other devices connected with wifi have access to internet.
sometime i get access to the internet when restarting my phone but most of the time no.
Please help.

 

W10 can connect to wider internet but cannot access web pages

I have an odd issue with my W10 laptop linked to Sky broadband in the UK via wifi using a Sky router. The effect is that while I can actually access the internet (I can send and receive emails using Outlook and can connect to other machines using TeamViewer) I cannot access any web site (Google, BBC etc). There is no specific error message, merely that the access request timed out and a suggestion that it may be to do with proxy.

I have tried the following:

1. Other systems (W10 and ios) can access web sites using the same Sky router (therefore probably not a router problem)
2. I have sent and received emails using Outlook, so the broadband connection is working (probably not a Sky problem)
3. I have tried two different browsers (Firefox and Edge), no connection (not a browser problem)
4. I am using Windows Defender and have:
   1. Made sure that Firefox is in the list of allowed systems in its Firewall, no connection after a reboot
   2. Turned off the Firewall and tried again - no connection

My next step will be to re-install Windows, but has anyone got any other suggestions? Could it be some sort of virus (I have carried out a complete virus check using Defender)

So - any suggestions?

 

Xfinity Wifi showing up in my routers available internet connections ?

I recently found that "xfinity wifi" is showing up in my available internet access list as an openly available option.
I have comcast xfinity hi speed internet as my internet provider but have never had it show up on the routers available connections list before. The home network I set up years ago has a different name.

I am puzzled why this free open network has suddenly appeared in the list. As it requires no password I think there is a possibility its use might present a security risk
Is this a new Xfinity feature??