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DuskDelta Dec 23, 2019 @ 6:22pm

Strangely specific issue with my Laptop's wireless

This is a carry-over from another thread on the help section. Essentially, my computer has been very finnicky with its wifi the past two months. It can access some sites but can't access others and can't play online games.

At the expense of having to type a wall of text, I'm just going to link to the previous thread.

https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/1747892189237860788/?tscn=1577153792

If anyone here could help me with this problem I would really appreciate it!

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Komrade Dec 23, 2019 @ 6:24pm

And some info, OP's getting error -126 on an Alienware 17 R5 laptop.

Komrade Dec 23, 2019 @ 6:25pm

Copy paste of the last OP:

Before you ask, yes I have tried diagnosing the problem but I have had no luck.

So essentially I keep getting error -126 when I try to view the steam store. I can get around this by clicking the beck arrow and for some reason it actually loads but I can't play online on games like Halo Master Chief Collection.

This may have to do with a larger issue with my computer so if that's the case I would appreciate it if anyone could help me with it. Here's the gist: aside from Steam, my wi-fi is getting kind of strange. I can access YouTube and--of course--these forums just fine. But when I want to check email or upload to YouTube or Wattpad I get errors. Here's the two errors I keep getting:

-ERR_CONNECTION_RESET
-ERR_SSL_BAD_RECORD_MAC_ALERT

I've been having these problems (in *and* out of Steam) for the past two months. Until now I could just wait these problems out and they'd just stop for whatever reason, but ever since I returned home from university for winter break I have not been able to wait out these problems. I've tried troubleshooting, updating my drivers, updating my computer, and looking up if anyone has had these problems before throughout the past two months and even asked one of my friends what I should do (they told me to update my drivers, which didn't work) but I can't find anything that helps.

DuskDelta Dec 23, 2019 @ 6:34pm

It’s also worth noting that since that previous thread, I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled all Killer Wireless drivers from their website and am currently attempting to download Killer Control Center. I’m going to put this down for a bit and check back in later

DuskDelta Dec 23, 2019 @ 6:39pm

Popping back in briefly to note that I’m getting an error in downloading/installing Killer Control Center.

It says: “Reformat your external storage: Windows 10 apps need either FAT32 or exFAT format. NOTE: reformatting permanently deletes any pre-existing content”

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I don’t know what it’s talking about since I’ve already downloaded Windows 10 apps. My formatting should theoretically work.

Bad 💀 Motha Dec 23, 2019 @ 7:26pm

This screams, router config issue.
Turn the router firewall off, reboot it. Then re-test this issue.

It's best to use MBR/exFAT for secondary drives. And GPT/NTFS for the Win10 OS drive.

Last edited by Bad 💀 Motha; Dec 23, 2019 @ 7:28pm