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I connect to my D-Link wifi now but can't connect directly modem via cable
Dear friends,
I wish to thank you for your help. I typed up a response yesterday but do not see it in this thread now.
Anyway, yesterday I clicked on the little up arrow on the right side of my task bar to open up the little box to show my internet connection. It only showed Wi-fi. But there is a line Troubleshoot or Network settings. Can't remember which one it was but I clicked on one and Windows 10 went to a larger box asking me if I wanted to fix a connection problem or add another way to get on the internet (sorry, can't remember the words). So I let it set me up. The first question was "do you want to connect by Wi-fi?" or something like that? and I said to dismiss that and go on. Then it set me up to connect through my modem. Cool! Now I can connect to either Wi-fi or just directly connected to the modem.
In the future, if I have a similar problem I'll go directly to my Device Manager and enable the connection that way.
Thanks to all of you who took your valuable time to help me. I really do appreciate it!
Gabu,
Sorry for me being such a dork, but if I go to the bottom right of my Windows 10 laptop and access the Wireless thingy, I don't see where to turn it off.
Also, I went through the WAN stuff in the Device Manager and tried updating them via accessing the internet and it came back with the driver is up to date.
I typed out a long reply yesterday with a possible solution to your issue, but apparently when I did an edit it disappeared!
Try for the simple solution first. Click start and type ncpa.cpl (this is a shortcut to the network connections. You can also get to it through the 'Change adapter settings' in the network & internet settings.)
Make sure your ethernet connection is not greyed out. If it is, right click on it and hit enable. That should be the simple soution to your problem.
I have had an issue identical to this, and my proven way of fixing it is a long process to type out. So if your connection isn't disabled I will type it out for you!
