Windows 10: If my PC is connected to an ethernet cable connected to my router, why is it not showing up...

I f my PC is connected to an ethernet cable connected to my router, why is it not showing up with mynetwork connections?

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Using a router to connect PC with Ethernet

Their is only one phone jack where a modem can be placed in our house and it is to complicated to get Ethernet from the modem up to my computer. I can still connect with wireless internet but I want to be able to use Ethernet. The modem is a all in one (router+modem). If I buy a router and place it in my room can it connect to the all in one modem without using a phone jack (Just plugging it into the power outlet) alowing me to connect the router to the PC using Ethernet?

 

Getting a router to handle more connections?

I have a NETGEAR WNR3500 that seems to be experiencing a similar issue. When I play TF2 for a while (and refresh the master server list that shows maybe 3-4,000 servers), I simply cannot connect to any servers until I pull the power plug. TF2 works fine when connected directly to my apartment's Ethernet connection. It's almost as if the router (maybe the NAT table) overflows and refuses any more connections until the router is power cycled.

 

Using a router to connect PC with Ethernet

No. You need a ethernet cable run from the first router/modem to the second router. You can use powerline networking, but that isn't nearly as fast as an actual ethernet cable, and sometime isn't even as fast as wireless.