Check 2.5hz vs 5ghz antennas on the router. I've had routers have the older 2.5hz turned off.
And while very improbable, make sure you have enough DHCP addresses left
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Check 2.5hz vs 5ghz antennas on the router. I've had routers have the older 2.5hz turned off.
And while very improbable, make sure you have enough DHCP addresses left
Ok I'm a just making noob mistakes over here. I had reset Windows before and forgot that at some point in that process I blocked its MAC. All working now.
Thanks for the suggestions. I did check that I have both 2.5 and 5 GHz enabled, I did have a thought of "could my router have some weird client limit?" but for some reason didn't connect that with DHCP configuration. However it's configured for a pool of 200 IPs and I'm well under 50. Also switching the OS shouldn't change the MAC address so should be seen as the same client.