Plug Ethernet Cable Into Computer Error

Turn off your computer and remove the power cable from it.

Plug ethernet cable into computer error.

One end is connected to your computer and the other is connected to the main network device probably a router. But once i plug it into my laptop there is nothing. Instead of buying a new one outright plug the same cable into a different computer or temporarily swap out the ethernet cable for a known good one. I have plugged the router up to a different computer and my xbox and it works that way.

Urgent help would be greatly appreciated. Connect the cable and battery to your computer and turn it on. If that fixes the problem you ve got a defective router. Usually there is a light that comes on when i plug my ethernet cable into my laptop but it won t trigger the light either.

Plug in ethernet causes computer crash you are welcome i am happy to hear that my solution helped to fix your problem. This port is usually on the back of a desktop computer or on the side of a laptop. It is a pretty ridiculous problem so i am glad i could save someone the time of troubleshooting their computer over something so simple. As long as you don t need all of your ports you can get by.

If that doesn t fix it plug the cable into another port on the router. I ran diagnostics and it said to plug in the ethernet cable to the network adaptor. Ethernet cables plug into ethernet ports which are larger than phone cable ports. If you are using a laptop remove its battery too.

So my wifi connection will not work with my laptop unless directly connected to by the ethernet cable. Wifi works fine with phones ipods ipads and another laptop that was also updated to windows 10 a desktop still using windows 8. Wait for good 15 minutes. The wifi will pick up just fine i would just rather have an ethernet connection.

An ethernet port on a computer is accessible through the ethernet card on the motherboard. Now locate your ethernet connection and right click on it. I looked in network and it says that the ethernet cable is unplugged and does not show any available networks.