[SOLVED] Changing From Ethernet To Straight WiFi

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Recently, I wanted to play the lottery online, but theit system stopped me because they could not detect a wifi setting. Today I phoned Spectrum and their tech told me that the yellow ethernet cable blocks the wifi signal and that if I wanted to correct the problem I needed to set up my network to handle only wifi.

So I read up on how to ask you all for help, and I'll start with what Speccy tells me my system settings are:

Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64-bit
Computer type: Desktop
Installation Date: 7/8/2022 2:06:29 PM
Serial Number: T49TD-6VFBW-VV7HY-B2PXY-MY47H
Windows Security Center
User Account Control (UAC) Enabled
Notify level 2 - Default
Firewall Enabled
Windows Update
AutoUpdate Not configured
Windows Defender
Windows Defender Disabled
Antivirus
Malwarebytes
Antivirus Enabled
Virus Signature Database Up to date
Windows Defender
Antivirus Disabled
Virus Signature Database Up to date
AVG Antivirus
Antivirus Enabled
Virus Signature Database Up to date
.NET Frameworks installed
v4.8 Full
v4.8 Client
Internet Explorer
Version 11.789.19041.0
PowerShell
Version 5.1.19041.1
Environment Variables
USERPROFILE C:\Users\Bill
SystemRoot C:\WINDOWS
User Variables
Machine Variables
Power Profile
Active power scheme Balanced
Hibernation Enabled
Turn Off Monitor after: (On AC Power) Never
Turn Off Hard Disk after: (On AC Power) 20 min
Suspend after: (On AC Power) Never
Screen saver Disabled
Uptime
Current Session
Current Time 12/20/2022 3:56:30 PM
Current Uptime 342,567 sec (3 d, 23 h, 09 m, 27 s)
Last Boot Time 12/16/2022 4:47:03 PM
Services
TimeZone
TimeZone GMT -5:00 Hours
Language English (United States)
Location United States
Format English (United States)
Currency $
Date Format M/d/yyyy
Time Format h🇲🇲ss tt
Scheduler
12/20/2022 4:11 PM; Overwolf Updater Task
12/20/2022 4:30 PM; GeoComply Update Task
12/20/2022 4:35 PM; MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineUA
12/20/2022 6:05 PM; MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore
12/21/2022 12:49 PM; CCleaner Cloud Update
CCleaner Cloud Watchdog
CreateExplorerShellUnelevatedTask
GeoComply Service Check
Hotfixes
System Folders
Process List
Security Options
Device Tree

My ISP is Spectrum

MY CPU:

CPU
AMD FX-8300
Cores 8
Threads 8
Name AMD FX-8300
Code Name Vishera
Package Socket AM3+ (942)
Technology 32nm
Specification AMD FX-8300 Eight-Core Processor
Family F
Extended Family 15
Model 2
Extended Model 2
Stepping 0
Revision OR-C0
Instructions MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AMD 64, NX, VMX, AES, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
Virtualization Supported, Enabled
Hyperthreading Not supported
Fan Speed 1112 RPM
Stock Core Speed 3300 MHz
Stock Bus Speed 200 MHz
Average Temperature 22 °C
Caches
L1 Data Cache Size 8 x 16 KBytes
L1 Instructions Cache Size 4 x 64 KBytes
L2 Unified Cache Size 4 x 2048 KBytes
L3 Unified Cache Size 8192 KBytes
Cores
Core Speed Multiplier Temperature Threads
Core 0 1409.2 MHz x 7.0 22 °C APIC ID: 0
Core 1 1409.2 MHz x 7.0 22 °C APIC ID: 3
Core 2 1409.2 MHz x 7.0 22 °C APIC ID: 2
Core 3 1409.2 MHz x 7.0 22 °C APIC ID: 6
Core 4 1409.2 MHz x 7.0 22 °C APIC ID: 4
Core 5 1409.2 MHz x 7.0 22 °C APIC ID: 5
Core 6 1409.2 MHz x 7.0 22 °C APIC ID: 7
Core 7 1409.2 MHz x 7.0 22 °C APIC ID: 1

RAM:

RAM
Memory slots
Total memory slots 4
Used memory slots 2
Free memory slots 2
Memory
Type DDR3
Size 16384 MBytes
Channels # Dual
CAS# Latency (CL) 11 clocks
RAS# to CAS# Delay (tRCD) 11 clocks
RAS# Precharge (tRP) 11 clocks
Cycle Time (tRAS) 28 clocks
Bank Cycle Time (tRC) 39 clocks
Physical Memory
Memory Usage 31 %
Total Physical 16 GB
Available Physical 11 GB
Total Virtual 18 GB
Available Virtual 9.31 GB
SPD
Number Of SPD Modules 2
Slot #1
Slot #2

MOBO:

Motherboard
Manufacturer Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd.
Model GA-78LMT-USB3 R2 (Socket M2)
Version sex
Chipset Vendor AMD
Chipset Model 780G
Chipset Revision 00
Southbridge Vendor AMD
Southbridge Model SB700
Southbridge Revision 00
System Temperature 41 °C
BIOS
Brand Award Software International Inc.
Version F1
Date 11/8/2017
Voltage
CPU CORE 0.912 V
MEMORY CONTROLLER 1.512 V
VIN2 2.016 V
VIN3 1.824 V
VIN4 1.992 V
VIN5 2.220 V
VIN6 2.220 V
VIN7 1.620 V
PCI Data
Slot PCI
Slot Type PCI
Slot Usage Available
Bus Width 32 bit
Slot Designation PCI
Characteristics 5V, 3.3V, PME, SMBus
Slot Number 0
Slot PCI
Slot Type PCI
Slot Usage Unknown
Data lanes x16
Slot Designation PCI Express x16
Characteristics 3.3V
Slot Number 1
Slot PCI
Slot Type PCI
Slot Usage Unknown
Data lanes x1
Slot Designation PCI Express x1
Characteristics 3.3V
Slot Number 2

Graphics:
Graphics
Monitor
Name E321VL on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Current Resolution 1600x900 pixels
Work Resolution 1600x860 pixels
State Enabled, Primary
Monitor Width 1600
Monitor Height 900
Monitor BPP 32 bits per pixel
Monitor Frequency 60 Hz
Device \\.\DISPLAY1\Monitor0
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Manufacturer NVIDIA
Model GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Device ID 10DE-21C4
Revision A2
Subvendor MSI (1462)
Current Performance Level Level 0
Bus Interface PCI Express x16
Temperature 48 °C
Driver version 31.0.15.2698
BIOS Version 90.16.48.00.2e
Physical Memory 2047 MB
Virtual Memory 2048 MB
Count of performance levels : 1
Level 1 - "Perf Level 0"
Storage
Hard drives
MKNSSDEC120GB ATA Device (SSD)
Manufacturer TOSHIBA
Heads 16
Cylinders 14,593
Tracks 3,721,215
Sectors 234,436,545
SATA type SATA-III 6.0Gb/s
Device type Fixed
ATA Standard ATA8-ACS
Serial Number ME161004100303B42
Firmware Version Number 609ABBF0
LBA Size 48-bit LBA
Power On Count 1845 times
Power On Time 911.1 days
Speed Not used (SSD Drive)
Features S.M.A.R.T., APM, NCQ, TRIM, SSD
Max. Transfer Mode SATA III 6.0Gb/s
Used Transfer Mode SATA II 3.0Gb/s
Interface SATA
Capacity 111 GB
Real size 120,034,123,776 bytes
RAID Type None
S.M.A.R.T
Status Good
Temperature 40 °C
Temperature Range OK (less than 50 °C)
S.M.A.R.T attributes
Attribute name Real value Current Worst Threshold Raw Value Status
01 Read Error Rate 0 95 95 50 000BCC10E8 Good
05 Retired Block Count 0 100 100 3 0000000000 Good
09 Power-On Hours (POH) 911d 3h 76 76 0 000000556B Good
0C Device Power Cycle Count 1,845 99 99 0 0000000735 Good
AB Program Fail Block Count 0 100 100 0 0000000000 Good
AC Erase Fail Block Count 0 100 100 0 0000000000 Good
AE Unexpected Power Loss 147 0 0 0 0000000093 Good
B1 Wear Range Delta 1 0 0 0 0000000001 Good
B5 Program Fail Count 0 100 100 0 0000000000 Good
B6 Erase Fail Count 0 100 100 0 0000000000 Good
BB Reported Uncorrectable Errors 0 100 100 0 0000000000 Good
BE Temperature Difference from 100 60 °C 40 46 0 00002E0028 Good
C2 Temperature 40 °C 40 46 0 00002E0028 Good
C3 On the fly ECC Uncorrectable Error Count 197,923,048 120 120 0 000BCC10E8 Good
C4 Reallocation Event Count 0 100 100 3 0000000000 Good
C9 Uncorrectable Soft Read Error Rate 197,923,048 120 120 0 000BCC10E8 Good
CC Soft ECC Correction Rate 197,923,048 120 120 0 000BCC10E8 Good
E6 Life Curve Status 100 100 100 0 0000000064 Good
E7 SSD Life Left 4,294,967,297 81 81 10 0000000001 Good
E9 Media Wearout Indicator 78,738 0 0 0 0000013392 Good
EA Vendor Specific 19,438 0 0 0 0000004BEE Good
F1 Lifetime Writes From Host 19,438 0 0 0 0000004BEE Good
F2 Lifetime Reads from Host 17,466 0 0 0 000000443A Good
Partition 0
Partition ID Disk #0, Partition #0
File System FAT32
Volume Serial Number 8AA74E56
Size 96 MB
Used Space 26.6 MB (27%)
Free Space 69 MB (73%)
Partition 1
Partition ID Disk #0, Partition #1
Disk Letter C:
File System NTFS
Volume Serial Number E0BAB4AF
Size 111 GB
Used Space 49 GB (44%)
Free Space 61 GB (56%)
Partition 2
Partition ID Disk #0, Partition #2
File System NTFS
Volume Serial Number AECDFB61
Size 507 MB
Used Space 423 MB (83%)
Free Space 84 MB (17%)
MB2000EBUCF ATA Device
Heads 16
Cylinders 243,201
Tracks 62,016,255
Sectors 3,907,024,065
SATA type SATA-II 3.0Gb/s
Device type Fixed
ATA Standard ATA8-ACS
Serial Number YFGLTS3A
Firmware Version Number MK7OHPG0
LBA Size 48-bit LBA
Power On Count 390 times
Power On Time 1529.8 days
Speed 7200 RPM
Features S.M.A.R.T., NCQ
Max. Transfer Mode SATA II 3.0Gb/s
Used Transfer Mode SATA II 3.0Gb/s
Interface SATA
Capacity 1863 GB
Real size 2,000,398,934,016 bytes
RAID Type None
S.M.A.R.T
Status Good
Temperature 43 °C
Temperature Range OK (less than 50 °C)
S.M.A.R.T attributes
Attribute name Real value Current Worst Threshold Raw Value Status
01 Read Error Rate 0 100 96 16 0000000000 Good
02 Throughput Performance 89 134 100 54 0000000059 Good
03 Spin-Up Time 33096188 ms 123 100 24 0001F901FC Good
04 Start/Stop Count 1,768 100 100 0 00000006E8 Good
05 Reallocated Sectors Count 0 100 100 5 0000000000 Good
07 Seek Error Rate 0 100 98 67 0000000000 Good
08 Seek Time Performance 31 123 100 20 000000001F Good
09 Power-On Hours (POH) 1529d 20h 95 95 0 0000008F6C Good
0A Spin Retry Count 0 100 100 60 0000000000 Good
0C Device Power Cycle Count 390 100 100 0 0000000186 Good
B4 Reserved Block Count 0 100 100 98 0000000000 Good
B7 SATA Downshift Error Count 0 100 100 0 0000000000 Good
B9 Head Stability 65,535 100 100 0 000000FFFF Good
BB Reported Uncorrectable Errors 0 100 100 0 0000000000 Good
BC Command Timeout 1,302 99 73 0 0000000516 Good
BD High Fly Writes (WDC) 0 100 100 0 0000000000 Good
BE Temperature Difference from 100 43 °C 57 46 0 001530002B Good
C0 Power-off Retract Count 1,783 99 99 0 00000006F7 Good
C1 Load/Unload Cycle Count 1,783 99 99 0 00000006F7 Good
C2 Temperature 43 °C 139 115 0 000015002B Good
C4 Reallocation Event Count 0 100 100 0 0000000000 Good
C5 Current Pending Sector Count 0 100 100 0 0000000000 Good
C6 Uncorrectable Sector Count 0 100 100 0 0000000000 Good
C7 UltraDMA CRC Error Count 0 200 200 0 0000000000 Good
Partition 0
Partition ID Disk #1, Partition #0
Disk Letter D:
File System NTFS
Volume Serial Number 30B01C0B
Size 886 GB
Used Space 523 GB (59%)
Free Space 363 GB (41%)
Partition 1
Partition ID Disk #1, Partition #1
Disk Letter F:
File System NTFS
Volume Serial Number 56B8902F
Size 976 GB
Used Space 3.58 GB (0%)
Free Space 972 GB (100%)
WD Elements 2621 USB Device (SSD)
Manufacturer Western Digital
Heads 16
Cylinders 243,197
Tracks 62,015,235
Sectors 3,906,959,805
SATA type SATA-III 6.0Gb/s
Device type Fixed
ATA Standard ACS3
Serial Number WD-WXW1EB88SY9H
Firmware Version Number 01.01A01
LBA Size 48-bit LBA
Power On Count 77 times
Power On Time 195.0 days
Speed 5400 RPM
Features S.M.A.R.T., APM, NCQ, TRIM
Max. Transfer Mode SATA III 6.0Gb/s
Used Transfer Mode SATA III 6.0Gb/s
Interface USB (SATA)
Capacity 1862 GB
Real size 2,000,365,289,472 bytes
RAID Type None
S.M.A.R.T
Status Good
Temperature 39 °C
Temperature Range OK (less than 50 °C)
S.M.A.R.T attributes
Attribute name Real value Current Worst Threshold Raw Value Status
01 Read Error Rate 0 100 253 51 0000000000 Good
03 Spin-Up Time 3283 ms 194 184 21 0000000CD3 Good
04 Start/Stop Count 2,758 98 98 0 0000000AC6 Good
05 Reallocated Sectors Count 0 200 200 140 0000000000 Good
07 Seek Error Rate 0 200 200 0 0000000000 Good
09 Power-On Hours (POH) 195d 1h 94 94 0 0000001249 Good
0A Spin Retry Count 0 100 100 0 0000000000 Good
0B Recalibration Retries 0 100 253 0 0000000000 Good
0C Device Power Cycle Count 77 100 100 0 000000004D Good
C0 Power-off Retract Count 47 200 200 0 000000002F Good
C1 Load/Unload Cycle Count 8,315 198 198 0 000000207B Good
C2 Temperature 38 °C 109 99 0 0000000026 Good
C4 Reallocation Event Count 0 200 200 0 0000000000 Good
C5 Current Pending Sector Count 0 200 200 0 0000000000 Good
C6 Uncorrectable Sector Count 0 100 253 0 0000000000 Good
C7 UltraDMA CRC Error Count 0 200 200 0 0000000000 Good
C8 Write Error Rate / Multi-Zone Error Rate 0 100 253 0 0000000000 Good
Partition 0
Partition ID Disk #2, Partition #0
Size 200 MB
Partition 1
Partition ID Disk #2, Partition #1
Disk Letter G:
File System NTFS
Volume Serial Number E89BA383
Size 1862 GB
Used Space 55 GB (3%)
Free Space 1806 GB (97%)rage:

Optical Drive:

Optical Drives
ATAPI iHAS324 F ATA Device
Media Type DVD Writer
Name ATAPI iHAS324 F ATA Device
Availability Running/Full Power
Capabilities Random Access, Supports Writing, Supports Removable Media
Read capabilities CD-R, CD-RW, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R DL, DVD+R DL
Write capabilities CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R DL, DVD+R DL
Config Manager Error Code Device is working properly
Config Manager User Config FALSE
Drive E:
Media Loaded FALSE
SCSI Bus 1
SCSI Logical Unit 0
SCSI Port 3
SCSI Target Id 1
Status OK

Audio: Audio
Sound Cards
High Definition Audio Device
NVIDIA High Definition Audio
Playback Devices
Speakers (2- High Definition Audio Device) (default)
Digital Audio (S/PDIF) (2- High Definition Audio Device)
E321VL (NVIDIA High Definition Audio)
Recording Device
Microphone (2- High Definition Audio Device)

Peripherals:

Peripherals
HID Keyboard Device
Device Kind Keyboard
Device Name HID Keyboard Device
Vendor Unknown
Location USB Input Device
Driver
HID Keyboard Device
Device Kind Keyboard
Device Name HID Keyboard Device
Vendor Unknown
Location USB Input Device
Driver
HID-compliant mouse
Device Kind Mouse
Device Name HID-compliant mouse
Vendor Unknown
Location USB Input Device
Driver
Microsoft IPP Class Driver
Device Kind Printer
Device Name Microsoft IPP Class Driver
Vendor Microsoft
Location http://192.168.0.213:80/WebServices/Device
Driver
Elements 2621
Device Kind Portable Device
Device Name Elements 2621
Vendor WD
Comment BillMusic
Location Volume
Driver
Printers
Brother HL-3180CDW Printer (Default Printer)
Printer Port WSD-5e684855-d4c4-4bb4-a7bd-40dc938aa63a
Print Processor winprint
Availability Always
Priority 1
Duplex None
Print Quality 300 * 300 dpi Color
Status Unknown
Driver
Fax
Printer Port SHRFAX:
Print Processor winprint
Availability Always
Priority 1
Duplex None
Print Quality 200 * 200 dpi Monochrome
Status Unknown
Driver
Microsoft Print to PDF
Printer Port PORTPROMPT:
Print Processor winprint
Availability Always
Priority 1
Duplex None
Print Quality 600 * 600 dpi Color
Status Unknown
Driver
Microsoft XPS Document Writer
Printer Port PORTPROMPT:
Print Processor winprint
Availability Always
Priority 1
Duplex None
Print Quality 600 * 600 dpi Color
Status Unknown
Driver
OneNote for Windows 10
Printer Port Microsoft.Office.OneNote_16001.14326.21146.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe_microsoft.onenoteim_S-1-5-21-84063715-157862002-3970544211-1001
Print Processor winprint
Availability Always
Priority 1
Duplex None
Print Quality 300 * 300 dpi Color
Status Unknown
Driver
Network:

Network
You are connected to the internet
Connected through Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller
IP Address 192.168.1.61
Subnet mask 255.255.255.0
Gateway server 192.168.1.1
Preferred DNS server 192.168.1.1
DHCP Enabled
DHCP server 192.168.1.1
External IP Address 35.129.149.49
Adapter Type Ethernet
NetBIOS over TCP/IP Enabled via DHCP
NETBIOS Node Type Hybrid node
Link Speed 730 Bps
Computer Name
NetBIOS Name DESKTOP-C1JLQJP
DNS Name DESKTOP-C1JLQJP
Membership Part of workgroup
Workgroup WORKGROUP
Remote Desktop
Disabled
Console
State Active
Domain DESKTOP-C1JLQJP
WinInet Info
LAN Connection
Local system uses a local area network to connect to the Internet
Local system has RAS to connect to the Internet
Wi-Fi Info
Wi-Fi not enabled
WinHTTPInfo
WinHTTPSessionProxyType No proxy
Session Proxy
Session Proxy Bypass
Connect Retries 5
Connect Timeout (ms) 60,000
HTTP Version HTTP 1.1
Max Connects Per 1.0 Servers INFINITE
Max Connects Per Servers INFINITE
Max HTTP automatic redirects 10
Max HTTP status continue 10
Send Timeout (ms) 30,000
IEProxy Auto Detect Yes
IEProxy Auto Config
IEProxy
IEProxy Bypass
Default Proxy Config Access Type No proxy
Default Config Proxy
Default Config Proxy Bypass
Sharing and Discovery
Network Discovery Enabled
File and Printer Sharing Disabled
File and printer sharing service Enabled
Simple File Sharing Enabled
Administrative Shares Enabled
Network access: Sharing and security model for local accounts Classic - local users authenticate as themselves
Adapters List
Enabled
Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller
Connection-specific DNS Suffix lan
Connection Name Ethernet
NetBIOS over TCPIP Yes
DHCP enabled Yes
MAC Address E0-D5-5E-7A-51-F6
IP Address 192.168.1.61
Subnet mask 255.255.255.0
Gateway server 192.168.1.1
DHCP 192.168.1.1
DNS Server 192.168.1.1
Network Shares
No network shares
Current TCP Connections
AVGSvc.exe (3388)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Battle.net\Battle.net.exe (12340)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Battle.net\Battle.net.exe (5880)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steam.exe (12040)
C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe (15184)
C:\ProgramData\Battle.net\Agent\Agent.8093\Agent.exe (11888)
C:\ProgramData\Battle.net\Agent\Agent.8093\Agent.exe (7524)
lsass.exe (624)
MBAMService.exe (8320)
service.exe (4576)
services.exe (572)
spoolsv.exe (3904)
svchost.exe (1452)
svchost.exe (1504)
svchost.exe (4544)
svchost.exe (7384)
svchost.exe (752)
System Process
System Process
wininit.exe (416)
wmpnetwk.exe (3364)
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As you can see, the above "network" settings, show wifi "not enabled". I know what I need to do is to go to network on my computer, but from there on out - what? I'm 73 and my wife will kick my butt if I mess up our computer.

The wifi modem is ASKEY and its Model # SAX1v1K

Thanks as always for your kind assistance!
 
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