Macbook won't join any wifi

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Alright, I am at a loss.

I am using a hotspot via T-Mobile. Another computer is able to connect to that hotspot without a problem. Two days ago, my MacBook was able to do the same.

Here are all the things I’ve done:

  1. Shut down and restarted
  2. “Forgot” the wifi information, changed the password of my hotspot and created the connection like new.
  3. Tried to connect to other wifi
  4. Time and date are correct
  5. Reset my hotspot.
  6. Turned the wifi off and on several times.
  7. I do have Aura. I turned VPN off.

Nothing is working. It shows as connected with a green dot in Known Networks and it identifies other networks…but when I try to visit a page, it gives the dinosaur.

As I said, other computers are able to connect to the wifi.

Running Sonoma 14.6.1

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It was AURA! It was running on the background all along and completely blocked wifi. I had to remove Aura configuration on VPN panel.

I am leaving this here if others are having problems.

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Do you have a captive portal to log into? I.e. is there a “click ok to accept terms and connect to WiFi “ thing you have to do?

If so, try visiting captive.apple.com in a browser. That should get the captive portal login page to pop up.

Also, do you have any antivirus software running? With Sophos specifically, there is a public WiFi mode button you can click.