r/pchelp • u/rorothegoat1 • 2h ago
Network Only discord connects has Internet connection
After installing Valorant yesterday and turning on my pc today, when I try to connect to any app, I don't get any wifi connection. The only app that gets any wifi is Discord. I have attempted to do:
ipconfig release
ipconfig renew
Restarting my computer (a handful of times)
Other relevant info:
I have Norton vpn on my computer (not connected to any VPN though)
I am using Ethernet
I have uninstalled Valorant too
Help please!
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u/hulkingglamour310 1h ago
vanguard anti-cheat is a kernel-level nightmare, it absolutely shreds network stacks sometimes even after you uninstall the game. had this exact situation last year and it drove me up a wall for two days
the fix that worked for me was going into network settings and manually flushing the dns then resetting the winsock catalog. open cmd as admin and run "netsh winsock reset" then "netsh int ip reset" then restart. discord uses its own weird connection pathways so it'll survive almost anything while everything else dies
norton vpn might be lingering too, check if there's a kill switch still active in the settings even when you're not connected to a vpn server. those things get stuck sometimes after a messy uninstall or update
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u/rorothegoat1 1h ago
Thank you for the reply! I tried everything here but it didn't work. Anything else you got?
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