Windows 10: Ethernet internet connection not working after leaving my pc idle for awhile

Hello! So I have a motherboard that only supports a wired internet connection so I use an Ethernet cable. It works well most of the time, bus occasionally when I leave my computer on for a day or so without using it, the computer just seems to start having difficulties identifying the ethernet cable and I can't use the internet until I restart my computer. But this isn't always convenient because I have a HDD and it takes forever to start up. I was just wondering if anyone has a solution to my problem. Thank you,

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Changing internet type on a internet passthrough ethernet connection

Hi SanJ16,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community forum.



You may try the following steps on your laptop and check if it works.

1. Open ‘Settings’ and choose ‘Network and Internet’.
   
2. Click on ‘Ethernet’ and tap ‘Properties’ for the network connection.
   
3. Set it to ‘Private’ and turn on ‘Make this PC discoverable’.
   
4. Close settings when finished.
   

Hope it helps,

 

Ethernet shows red X and does not appear in settings, but still works


Not sure why this is happening. I have working ethernet and am connected, it works fine. But the taskbar icon shows a red X over it, and the tooltip says "Not Connected - No connections are available". Looking in "Network & Internet", ethernet is not even listed there. And before anyone suggests wireless interference .. this PC does not have a wireless card or integrated wireless.

 

Ethernet connection issues, internet working

I have an issue where my ethernet connection on my PC sometimes fails to work even though

• all my internet home devices connected to the same connection are working perfectly
• when I plug my wifi stick into this PC (which I used for months before I tried ethernet), it also works fine and won't come up with any issues even after I use it for months unlike my ethernet
• my computer itself fails to detect the issue as the network is displayed as 'connected', I never get any error messages, running windows diagnostics on the connection fails to detect any problems

I say 'sometimes' because:

• this issue does not happen every time I start my PC
• restarting my PC 'sometimes' fixes the issue
• ipconfig/release, ipconfig/flushdns, ipconfig/renew 'sometimes' fixes the issue
  
• reseting my network settings 'sometimes' fixes the issue (it might just be the restart though that 'fixes' it)

More details on this issue:

• I believe this issue may be some sort of server connection issue as:
• the issue doesn't completely block my connection - if I wait long enough I can still google search things/ load into some webpages
• my connection does not appear to be a speed issue - if I manage to load into youtube the youtube video loads at a normal rate, but moving between different pages in youtube takes forever

solutions that have not worked so far:

• deleting all my hidden/unused network adapters
• network reset
• using google's DNS servers
• disabling/unchecking IPV6 to force the connection to use IPV4 (I thought it might be an IPV6 issue as my ethernet status says 'No network access' for IPV6)

other details

• my windows 10 is fully up to date