[Wi-Fi name] has no internet access

Let’s say you have a Samsung phone. You connect to a Wi-Fi network and get a notification saying: [Wi-Fi name] has no internet access This could happen because your phone isn’t getting DNS responses for certain domains, such as: www.google.com google.com connectivitycheck.gstatic.com play.googleapis.com www.goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooogle.com (not a joke) …and a few others. You can find the full list by capturing the DNS queries your phone makes when connecting to Wi-Fi. I ran into this issue when trying to connect to my home Wi-Fi, and my Pi-hole was actively blocking DNS requests. ...

July 23, 2025