[Solved] Ethernet cable not connected

Hi, I'm being told by my pc that the ethernet cable isn't connected. I've done all the usual stuff i.e. checked the cable, tried it in different ports, tried a different cable, switched everything off and left it, all to no avail. I have 4 ports on my router and I know they're ok because I use one to connect a powerline adapter and I've tried that in the different ports. Whichever port I plug the ethernet cable into the LED doesn't stay constant whereas the powerline one does. I've also tried changing the adapter's Duplex settings and for a while thought I'd solved it as the LED light stayed constant and the pc was thinking about it, but then decided I was connected to an unknown network and wouldn't play ball. Any ideas as to what else I could try pleeese?

 

Go into device manager, right click on the network adapter and choose uninstall. Don't delete the driver if given that option. When that's done, right click on any device and choose "Scan for Hardware Changes". That will re-install the network card.

If that doesn't work, go to the computer manufacturers site, then download and install the driver.

 

This could be due to the thunderstorm that you stated passed through in this post.

Ethernet connection not working.

 

ok, so what's going on here, I thought i was on two different forums????

 

Done the first part and it didn't work, how can I access the site and download the driver when I can't access the internet on than pc? Can I download it to my laptop and then move it?

 

Yes.

If that still doesn't work, then the card is probably defective. You could replace it, or perhaps consider a USB wireless.

 

You are on two different forums.

They are two different forums. The down side to that is we do not always know what was tried and if we or they have you preform some action can turn the system into a paper weight. Some forums have a certain way of having things in a certain order.

If we do not know what was done on the system we can do a lot of repeats and counter productive information.

 

I've decided it might just be easier if I make the pc wireless by getting a usb network adapter, however that's presenting a new problem, that being that there isn't a model number on my router(there's a hardware number i.e. B1) and I understand that I need this to enable me to get a usb adapter with the same protocol as my router. Any ideas? Also any recommendations as to which I should be looking at?

 

Yes,, they did, and yes there is a password and I have that.

 

Ok, so you must be on both forums to have linked me to here.
The truth is I hadn't intended being on TWO forums, but when I searched for the other one (of which I've been a member since 2009)earlier this year I couldn't locate it and that's when I discovered this one which I thought might have been a reincarnation since the names are so similar.
Then I stumbled on the first one the other day and the rest is history as they say. I wouldn't have duplicated the thread, but there was no reply on the other forum.

 

I've just accessed my router info and it doesn't give the numbers 802.11 anywhere, however under "Wireless Mode" it has "B/G/N(Mixed Mode) which letters correspond to three of the four router/adapter types. What do you think?

 

Thanks everyone, I bought a wireless network adapter today and I'm up and running again.