Help Wifi wont connect to internet on laptop

[Elpenor]

Cheap USB C memory stick for your phone?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/REWBOAT-External-High-Speed-Smartphone-Computers-Black/dp/B0C1NJW95Y/ref=sr_1_8?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.KY37d15uz3TU-3uLXXVXCPWncPIXmid8F70AcABeIBtpXwYiKZpVpc_dCWJ7AyemqudTTmduq3F0FM03ESrOuXCUh4316v0m7uh_SRbnb8dMSA03XoeC1tLG9hSWo9TtLkhP1iy90Sis8LkYDWcBzMKaVEleXbCP3RsqK_xoqQUy8f2mwog3QCCuqkA6Kqd7w3zJEjcXvp4PHvhiTEKNHS1XRL8NwfSduptVfMTnxao.FGLbMQ8p2U76l1Lt2GtbMx3v0s5OltlNntSnVzSa1no&dib_tag=se&keywords=usb+c+memory+stick&qid=1720982020&sr=8-8

Never knew they existed! Maybe worth looking at - thanks

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Never knew they existed! Maybe worth looking at - thanks

Hang on. Brain fart. If it's an Android phone you should be able to plug it to a USB port anyway. Sorry.

 

[pogofish]

If your little USB socket is a USB-C socket, you can get plug-in ethernet adaptors that work pretty well. My new work laptop came without ethernet, so when I want a cabled connection (some work software won't work over WiFi) and HDMI for a second monitor, I'm reliant on an adaptor that does both.

If your onboard adaptor is failing, you can get cheap little wifi adaptors that plug-in to USB and work ok, although IME there is a bit of a speed hit compared to USB-C. They worked well enough on an old laptop to keep me going for a fair while until I sourced an new WiFi card for it.

 

[Chz]

Actual laptop off and on, just in case you're one of those weird people that just put them to sleep

Since Windows 10, power off is actually a hybrid hibernation state. A reboot is actually more of a clean start than a power off is.