Windows 10: Ethernet Issues Connecting To Internet

Hi all, I'm hoping someone can help.My desktop has been working absolutely fine connected to the router with an ethernet cable. Good connection, good speed and no issues at all. Then a couple of days ago, it was intermittantly connecting to the internet - was connecting to the network but not the internet.My partner has a laptop and it's been connecting via Wifi no problems at all. So I switched my desktop to using Wifi and it works but not great - again intermittantly.My desktop is currently saying the ethernet connecting is "Unidentified Network - No Network" but I am connected via Wifi.When

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Internet Connectivity Issues

So heres the deal. My brother who is behind the opposite wall of me is having internet issues. The router is here in my room and his internet is plugged into the Linksys E2000 via a wire going from it to an ethernet wall socket going to his room and into his computer.

He has been having iffy internet for the past 2 days. Fixed it yesterday by rebooting now the problem has resurfaced.

What we have tried:

• Testing the ethernet cables with a tester. Passed
• Tested onboard ethernet with known working cable (computer hooked up using my connections in my room) Passed
• Checked to make sure there was no static IP address in IPv4 settings. Passed
• Made sure the Network Connection wasnt full on disabled. Passed
• Swapped the cable leading from the router to the wall outlet in my room. Passed and worked for a few minutes.

With regards to that last bullet point, the computer is no longer getting internet again despite working for a few minutes. Testing the new cable again, tells us that pins 1 and 2 are "open". That is the second cable in a row that the tester is spitting this message out on.

Any ideas guys? Im out of them.

 

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
  

 

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,