- Mar 10, 2007
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So I recently build a Windows 10 PC and I've been having a two-month long nightmare trying to get internet hooked up to this damn thing.
The main source for tethering was a Netgear 770S Aircard through AT&T that only worked when the PC would be restarted. For whatever reason, on first start, the aircard/USB port wouldn't even be recognized by Windows. After a restart, it would work fine. Then it randomly stopped working altogether. Went to AT&T and they said the card is outdated and they gave us their newest (Velocity) which I hooked up today, but nothing happened. So I tried to connect my phone via USB tethering and use that for internet, but again, nothing happened. After I connected my phone to the PC, I went into the Network and Sharing folder and it locked up. I disconnected my phone, launched the Network center, connected my phone, and the center froze again.
To test, I went back to my house and connected my phone to my PC (Win7) via USB tethering and it worked instantly.
After being on the phone with AT&T for over an hour, they concluded the problem wasn't a faulty aircard, phone, or cable, that the new PC is the problem. The motherboard is an ASRock Fatality AB350 and I made sure I installed everything off the disc that came with the mobo, but could something have been missed? Does anyone have any ideas as to why tethering isn't working with this thing? I even bought a wireless receiver to try WiFi from the aircard, but during installation of the receiver, the wizard said it couldn't detect the receiver and for me to check that it was plugged in. I plugged that stupid thing into Every. Single. Port and it still couldn't detect the card.
Absolutely any ideas are appreciated. Also note that the PC is at my parent's house and it takes about 45 minutes for me to drive out there, not to mention it's in a canyon so troubleshooting on the internet from my phone isn't an option.
The main source for tethering was a Netgear 770S Aircard through AT&T that only worked when the PC would be restarted. For whatever reason, on first start, the aircard/USB port wouldn't even be recognized by Windows. After a restart, it would work fine. Then it randomly stopped working altogether. Went to AT&T and they said the card is outdated and they gave us their newest (Velocity) which I hooked up today, but nothing happened. So I tried to connect my phone via USB tethering and use that for internet, but again, nothing happened. After I connected my phone to the PC, I went into the Network and Sharing folder and it locked up. I disconnected my phone, launched the Network center, connected my phone, and the center froze again.
To test, I went back to my house and connected my phone to my PC (Win7) via USB tethering and it worked instantly.
After being on the phone with AT&T for over an hour, they concluded the problem wasn't a faulty aircard, phone, or cable, that the new PC is the problem. The motherboard is an ASRock Fatality AB350 and I made sure I installed everything off the disc that came with the mobo, but could something have been missed? Does anyone have any ideas as to why tethering isn't working with this thing? I even bought a wireless receiver to try WiFi from the aircard, but during installation of the receiver, the wizard said it couldn't detect the receiver and for me to check that it was plugged in. I plugged that stupid thing into Every. Single. Port and it still couldn't detect the card.
Absolutely any ideas are appreciated. Also note that the PC is at my parent's house and it takes about 45 minutes for me to drive out there, not to mention it's in a canyon so troubleshooting on the internet from my phone isn't an option.
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