ethernet

I purchased TP-LINK Archer C7 router to replace my existing router. I'm trying to set up my network again and having problems in doing so. My wife had purchased a HP laptop with Win 10 before I replaced the router and was having intermittent problems then with the network. The win 10 computer...

I have an old PC having inbuilt modem(attached to the motherboard). Recently upgraded from DSL to this high bandwidth Cable plan Link Removed. Is there any other way to connect the internet to that PC? This one is an old model and is having a faulty Ethernet port.

My other half turned off computer while it was downloading 10 updates, long story short, black screen. Live microsoft helped me get it up and running again, downloads all eventuall successfully installed, little did I know, the wireless connection to the net was knocked out. This laptop...

Hello, I'm having some issues with my Ethernet Connection. The adapter is called: Realtek PCIe GBE Family-Controller, and the laptop is a Lenovo G50. My Wi-Fi works fine, but ethernet isnt working. I already tried to reinstall windows and reinstall the original windows and settings from when i...

I'm trying to figure out why my htpc is suffering at streaming videos from the net. htpc is running Windows 7 SP1 with all the patches etc., except the annoying Windows 10 stuff. (I've not upgraded this to 10 nor do I plan to as it is an htpc using MediaCenter.) htpc Configuration OS: Windows...

Hi. I've been wanting to use my Ethernet cable -it has plug-ins on both ends- and tried to connect my laptop to a modem or router, but I look at my Control Panel saying it's not plugged in. I don't believe the plug to be broken because it was rolled up and twist-tied when it was found. I tried...

For those of you Surface fans out there who love to use your Surface in airport lobbies, cafés and anywhere in between, you know how great Surface is for people on-the-go. But when you come back to your home or work office, many of us want to easily connect to our monitors, external mice and...

Hi all, I have a Windows PC that I'm running as a media server. It was connected to the internet via Powerline Ethernet Adapter as there is no wireless capability on the computer. However, now it will not connect to the internet no matter what. I have tried the following steps. 1. Changing...

Many times people may have both their wireless NIC and wired NIC connected at the same time. This can create a bridge and cause your network performance to degrade. Here is a powershell script that could be setup as a scheduled task to run at start up. What it does it detect if the wired nic...

I've run an Ethernet cable to a second floor bedroom router (TP-LINK TL-WR841ND) to give better network connectivity due to distance from the first floor access point, which is also a TL-WR841ND. This cable is connected from yellow LAN port on the secondary to yellow LAN port on the primary...

Hi, So currently have 2 computers. My main computer is my desktop and my other is the laptop I am on currently. My Desktop has no wireless connection and is connected to my laptop via Ethernet cable. My laptop is then connected to the internet wirelessly and through ICS i have had normal...

Discovered this while trying to set up a wifi extender. PC has only one enet port. Couldn't get extender to pair with router via wifi so I connected to the extender direct to the PC with an enet cable. When the cable is disconnected from the router and connected to the extender the screen goes...

Hello. I just recently switched ISPs and noticed that the wireless download speeds I'm getting aren't anywhere near what I'm paying for (should be getting ~150 Mbps and am getting closer to 40 Mbps instead). I went to hook up my laptop directly to my modem to find out the wired download speed to...

Hi! I have a problem with internet sharing, when I enable WiFi sharing, on second PC it issaying ""Undentified Network, No Internet Access"". I tried bridge mode too but same problem. Thanks!

hello , a friend have a problem and i want to solve it. when he open the computer says Realtek pci-e fast ethernet boot agent press shift-f10 to configure....... and the windows dont starts. Restarts alone for a lot of times. why? what is this? i try to remove Cmos battery, 24pin for power,and...

Hello, Last fall I upgraded my MSI GS70 2PE laptop from Windows 8 to Windows 10 with a clean install. There were a few speedbumps with drivers and what-else, but I got everything to work - including my Local Area Connection ethernet port. Last month, I stopped being able to recieve an internet...

I’m trying to setup a Homegroup connection between my desktop and laptop computers. Both are Windows 10. The desktop is connected to my router via Ethernet and the laptop uses wireless. The Homegroup on the laptop seems to be working ok. When I click Homegroup in Windows Explorer, it shows the...

I have an HP Elitebook and I am running Windows 8. I was watching a video on YouTube using chrome. I got up but was standing on my Ethernet cable so when I pulled up the computer there was a tug that pulled the plug down a bit. My screen immediately went to colorful static, in horizontal lines...

Hey folks! I'm trying to disable wifi on my Acer laptop, while still allowing an ethernet connection to the internet. I do not want to simply switch wifi off through the Control Panel (I'm trying to make the computer more kid-friendly, but still want to be able to use the internet with an...

After upgrading my Dell XPS 8700 from Windows 8.1 to 10, the Ethernet stopped working. It's not found in device manager, so the uninstall/reinstall of the driver did nothing. It gave me the "The Realtek Network Controller was not found. if deep sleep mode is enabled please plug the cable." I've...