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Hey guys, I'm having an utterly baffling problem that I ca't make sense of. So I've moved and am on a new internet service who provides an Eero router. Since I was using Eeros already, I'm very familiar with setting those up. I gave it the exact same network name I was using already, and everything connected right away. MacBook, iPhone, etc. Now my iMac is giving me issues. When connected by ethernet, which was actually how I was connected normally previously, I have no issues. It works as expected. But when I connect by Wi-Fi, I am seemingly completely blocked from the internet. No web browser. No email. VPN won't connect. Nothing. I am completely dead. Well almost. My MacBook is able to connect to it and browse shared folders; share the screen; and use AirDrop. So from a hardware stance, Wi-Fi is working but just on the LAN side. I cannot for the life of me understand why I'm not able to access the WAN. I've rechecked my DNS servers (using OpenDNS, all good there); removed and re-added the Wi-Fi service via Settings; deleted a few preference files recommended in a troubleshooting guide; made sure the firewall was off; flushed the DNS cache; nothing. It's complete dead to the outside world. I'm highly confident this is a software issue, but I'm at a loss on where to look next.
One more thing... I just tried connecting the iMac to my iPhone's hotspot. Yeah, it connects, but when I try to go to a website, any website, I'm greeted with a black page that just says "invalid request". Also... no change using Safe Mode.
One more thing... I just tried connecting the iMac to my iPhone's hotspot. Yeah, it connects, but when I try to go to a website, any website, I'm greeted with a black page that just says "invalid request". Also... no change using Safe Mode.
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