Trouble with ethernet connection on pc
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Sorry for not coming back sooner ive not had a great week. My internet dropped out and the ping to the router didnt show anything. All i keep getting is that the default gateway is unavailable when it goes and i eventually get it back. For a while this week it would not even find my router.
Eventually i got desperate and went through some options as my usual technique of getting back online by unplugging the psu and holding the power button for 30 seconds didnt work. I went through control panel, network and sharing and then troubleshoot. Gave a few more options, so i went to the network adapter section where eventually it said it would reset it and will schedule a shut down in five minutes. Well it seemed to work sort of. It was now recognising that i had a router but couldnt keep a connection. So this morning i went through the same steps but went to the incoming connections and went through that bit and so far so good. Turned my computer on 3 times over 4 hours and still got a connection. How long for I dont know. I wont hold my breath.
Eventually i got desperate and went through some options as my usual technique of getting back online by unplugging the psu and holding the power button for 30 seconds didnt work. I went through control panel, network and sharing and then troubleshoot. Gave a few more options, so i went to the network adapter section where eventually it said it would reset it and will schedule a shut down in five minutes. Well it seemed to work sort of. It was now recognising that i had a router but couldnt keep a connection. So this morning i went through the same steps but went to the incoming connections and went through that bit and so far so good. Turned my computer on 3 times over 4 hours and still got a connection. How long for I dont know. I wont hold my breath.
To be honest I'm thinking hard about getting a wifi card (pcie) or a dongle as i never have trouble with my wifi.
I should probably just get a fairly cheap one as I dont have much cash and if that doesn't work well for me at least i havent lost a lot.
Would pcie or a dongle be better?
I see some pcie even have usb connections to increase the range.
I should probably just get a fairly cheap one as I dont have much cash and if that doesn't work well for me at least i havent lost a lot.
Would pcie or a dongle be better?
I see some pcie even have usb connections to increase the range.
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Seems like it might be a silly question, but have you tried powering down and waiting for 30s before restarting up your router? I had a router that kept on putting a device on a Yellow (!) and a power down reset resolved it. Might help for you if you haven't tried it. As I think I've only read that you've tried everything on the PC end? If that remains so, give the router a quick go over.
In my desperation yesterday i did resort to that Meddling monk. I dont usually bother as it makes no difference. It didnt this time either.
My connection went again shortly after those earlier posts. It will come back with a troubleshooter reset but for 5 mins if that before starting the process again and again.
My connection went again shortly after those earlier posts. It will come back with a troubleshooter reset but for 5 mins if that before starting the process again and again.
Just out of interest, why is pcie card better than dongles?
Also any recomendations?
I do get a 52mb connection from BT and actually get that , when it works. Although i dont really game on the net it might be useful and is it worth me stumping up extra cash for 802.11 AC?
Also any recomendations?
I do get a 52mb connection from BT and actually get that , when it works. Although i dont really game on the net it might be useful and is it worth me stumping up extra cash for 802.11 AC?
I can find another device to connect. I have an old net book somewhere if it still works. Hardest thing will be trying to find the charger. Lol.
Yeah i realised you said ethernet shortly after the post. Seen a very cheap one i could get to try out.
Still some suggestions for a wifi card in case that doesnt work would also be appreciated.
Yeah i realised you said ethernet shortly after the post. Seen a very cheap one i could get to try out.
Still some suggestions for a wifi card in case that doesnt work would also be appreciated.
Well I've been out this morning and bought myself a tp link tg-3468 ethernet network adaptor. So far so good. I havent installed any drivers yet. The cd it comes with doesnt have drivers for windows 10. Am I better off leaving it as its working or should I find a windows 10 driver for it?
So it looks like after all my ethernet port is at fault on my MSI GD65. I've been doing some reading and seems that a lot of people seem to have trouble with the killer internet ports. Maybe its a weak point on MSI boards I dont know. I dont think I have had this issue previously. My last motherboard (ASUS) did me 5 years but started to get shaky after about 4 and randomly kept crashing when playing games even games that didnt really require much graphical power. So far this board has been solid apart from the ethernet port. I just hope its not the beginning of the end. Had it 3 and a half years and still like my build.