A little over a month ago I wrote and article about how I fixed The Wife’s computer (Google Chromebook) when it wasn’t loading webpages. As things would work out I only fixed half of the problem and it continued to get worse until yesterday when I needed to make a commitment to fixing it or giving up my precious computer for tasks as “facebooking” or catching up on Pintrest. The first time I “fixed” the chromebook, I utilized the Google there walk throughs and ended up getting help from two Google Chrome Ninjas. It seemed to fix my problem but only part of it because they walked through what seemed like (and probably was) a script to diagnose problems.
My initial problem related to the little compy not being compatible with Mixed WPA2 (Wifi Protection) so I changed it to their recommended settings and it worked partially for a few weeks slowly reverting and boggling my mind about what to do. So I decided to head back to the local McDonald’s for the free wifi. As usual, it worked great outside of my locked down home network leading me to believe it was either a problem with my ISP or with my setup. The root of the problem turned out to be that I use static IP addresses in my home network and a apparently Chrome books are setup to be Apple User friendly and can run into problems when introduced to more complex situations. Using “flags” through the Chrome OS I was able to enable static IP settings making the notebook function as if brand new.
Rundown of what I did:
- Enter Chrome://Flags into the browser bar
- Enabled Experimental static ip configuration.
- Restarted computer.
- Logged in and everything works!
I bought my Samsung Chromebook in October, 2012. I have had lots of trouble loading web pages. I just read your fix and I just tried it. I then rebooted and logged in again. It works differently now, but still won’t load web pages. It seems to be worse than before. Do you have a follow up to that fix? I would really appreciate it. The Chromebook could be very nice to have to read the news at my breakfast table, but I can’t use it as it is.
Unfortunately, there seems to be multiple problems with these little chromebooks functioning correctly. Most of them seem to be sprouting from little tricks that google was trying to make them work better/compensate for being what they are. I would suggest you contact a google ninja. It will take multiple days to get feedback, but it might be worth it.
Another suggestion is that you take your chromebook to a local (preferably free) internet source and see if your problems continue… my guess is they will disappear.
Thankyou thankyou THANK YOU.
With your information I finally got my Chromebook going! It’s completely crazy that this is hidden in ChromeOS when stuff like proxies are visible.
I still don’t know why ChromeOS won’t connect to my network, given that I use a bog standard ISC dhcpd. My guess is that it is somehow connected to the WPA2 implementation since the same version of dhcpd worked on an open network.
Anyhow, thanks.