I've recently noticed that my 2018 Express+ won't connect to the Internet (at least it says it's not connected when it really is) unless I have "Enable 'Device connect'" selected under Settings->System->Advanced system settings->Device connect. Seems like it should have nothing to do with the Internet connection, but there you go...
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