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    Question Suddenly can't obtain IP address on shared wifi -- possible issue with previous day's hotspot tethering?

    Just a follow-up to my previous posts. While the wifi magically returned the next morning, it went out again later that afternoon. I talked to the owner and was with him when he rebooted the router for the whole building. That worked. But then today, I lost wifi on my phone once again. I...
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    Question Suddenly can't obtain IP address on shared wifi -- possible issue with previous day's hotspot tethering?

    Yes, it did the forgetting move many times along with all the other usual fixes. Yes, I could restart the router on my floor on my own. I have done that on previous occasions in Thailand. Generally the internet and phone connectivity is top notch here, although it can vary a lot when it...
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    Question Suddenly can't obtain IP address on shared wifi -- possible issue with previous day's hotspot tethering?

    Well, that was interesting. Now my wifi access has returned without me having done anything. I guess that means it was a router issue, possibly related to too many IP addresses or their system just needing a reboot. Who knows.
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    Question Suddenly can't obtain IP address on shared wifi -- possible issue with previous day's hotspot tethering?

    Hi All, After having no problems with the apartment wifi where I am staying in Thailand for three days, yesterday I suddenly could not obtain an IP address and got the IP configuration failure message. I've run through the usual troubleshooting fixes -- restart phone, flight mode, change name...