Windows 10: Ethernet connection: 'unidentified network'

Hi all,

I'm yet another victim of the unidentified network Windows bug. I've had my Surface Pro 4 for two weeks now and ethernet has never worked through my docking station. Originally I thought it was a surface thing, but apparently all Windows users are confronted by it at some stage.

These are my results for ipconfig/all

C:\WINDOWS\system32>ipconfig/all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : DESKTOP-I7I3ODS Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : telenet.be
Wireless LAN adapter LAN-verbinding* 3:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : B6-AE-2B-D0-25-9B DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Ethernet adapter Ethernet:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Surface Ethernet Adapter Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 58-82-A8-91-1E-42 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::7583:a4f1:1f9b:78d1%19(Preferred) Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.120.209(Preferred) Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 425231016 DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-1E-4A-BE-3D-58-82-A8-91-1E-42 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1 fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1 fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1 NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Wireless LAN adapter Wi-Fi:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : telenet.be Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell AVASTAR Wireless-AC Network Controller Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : B4-AE-2B-D0-24-9A DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::a47c:6ab5:bb9:6c7e%12(Preferred) IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.114.12.181(Preferred) Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.252.0 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 18 February 2016 23:00:37 Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 18 February 2016 23:25:29 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.114.12.1 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 195.130.137.17 DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 62172715 DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-1E-4A-BE-3D-58-82-A8-91-1E-42 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 195.130.131.134 195.130.130.134 NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Tunnel adapter isatap.telenet.be:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : telenet.be Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #8 Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter isatap.{FCBE9E9E-8488-4FAD-BAD9-0579C1A548AD}:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #9 Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
The media disconnected message has no particular meaning, as my network adapter detects an ethernet plug. It simply cannot be identified. Troubleshooting gives me the following message: "ethernet" does not have a valid IP configuration.

I checked multiple times and the IP and DNS addresses are set to automatic.
Things that didn't help

• ipconfig/release and ipconfig/renew
• disabling and reenabling the ethernet adapter
• resetting winsock
• resetting ipv4 and ipv6
• reinstalling the ethernet adapter

Incredibly frustrating stuff. Thanks in advance!

Simon

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Thank you for getting back to me so quickly, I tried the to put a space in front of the /release and /renew, but the following error shows:

C:\WINDOWS\system32>ipconfig /renew
Windows IP Configuration
No operation can be performed on LAN-verbinding* 3 while it has its media disconnected.

The media (ethernet plug) is definitely connected.