Killer NIC 2200 not recognizing/discovering Ethernet

[Nostalgia MadPspmad]

Gigabyte's GA-Z170X-Gaming 3 mobo has an Ethernet RJ45 port that uses Killer NIC 2200 controller. Much to my chagrin, I am unable to connect to the internet at all, even though it had worked the moment I had ordered it. I have the Ethernet cable connected to it, I have the drivers from the website installed, up-to-date but to no avail does it work. I've went to rolling back, system restore and even changing it's driver software to recognize it as a different controller all on a fresh install (multiple times). No status light appears or flashes with it connected. Windows reports it as No Internet Access and is "limited". Is there any solution to this? I am currently on Windows 10, 64-bit.

 

[nayrnayr1]

GA-Z170X-Gaming 3 mobo has an Ethernet RJ45 port that uses Killer NIC 2200 controller. Much to my chagrin, I am unable to connect to the internet at all, even though it had worked the moment I had ordered it. I have the Ethernet cable connected to it, I have the drivers from the website installed, up-to-date but to no avail does it work. I've went to rolling back, system restore and even changing it's driver software to recognize it as a different controller all on a fresh install (multiple times). No status light appears or flashes with it connected. Windows reports it as No Internet Access and is "limited". Is there any solution to this? I am currently on Windows 10, 64-bit.

If you have cygwin, open it up and type sysctl restart network

 

[Nostalgia MadPspmad]

GA-Z170X-Gaming 3 mobo has an Ethernet RJ45 port that uses Killer NIC 2200 controller. Much to my chagrin, I am unable to connect to the internet at all, even though it had worked the moment I had ordered it. I have the Ethernet cable connected to it, I have the drivers from the website installed, up-to-date but to no avail does it work. I've went to rolling back, system restore and even changing it's driver software to recognize it as a different controller all on a fresh install (multiple times). No status light appears or flashes with it connected. Windows reports it as No Internet Access and is "limited". Is there any solution to this? I am currently on Windows 10, 64-bit.

If you have cygwin, open it up and type sysctl restart network

Could you explain to me what cygwin is?

EDIT; I am on Windows 10, not Linux. Unless thats actually the software needed on Windows 10?

 

[nayrnayr1]

Nevermind, try going into Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network and Sharing Center then click connections.

 

[Nostalgia MadPspmad]

Nevermind, try going into Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network and Sharing Center then click connections.

What follows from this? I am already at that point of being in the connections window, what is required next?

 

[nayrnayr1]

Nevermind, try going into Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network and Sharing Center then click connections.

What follows from this? I am already at that point of being in the connections window, what is required next?

Give me a screenshot

 

[Nostalgia MadPspmad]

Nevermind, try going into Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network and Sharing Center then click connections.

What follows from this? I am already at that point of being in the connections window, what is required next?

Give me a screenshot

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-YbY3NrHRj-SVFBMzQtTk1WSFU/view?usp=sharing

Above is a Google Link to an image of my Network Connections. It consistently stays at No Internet Access and as identifying or "Limited" the RJ45 port does not status flash. I should note that the TP-LINK NIC is disabled.

I should personally note that it also troubleshoots it as a "One or more missing protocols".

 

[Nostalgia MadPspmad]

Any solutions?

 

[nayrnayr1]

Follow this thread

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/33954-63-identifying-network-endless-loop

 

[James Mason]

Follow this thread

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/33954-63-identifying-network-endless-loop

I think what he means by this is try to ping yourself (the PC your on) and your router (the default gateway)

So open up command prompt (start > search "cmd")
type ipconfig and press enter

and maybe report back what it says.

Also try looking at your router settings and make sure your default gateway is set to your router manually, if it's not set for automatic pickup: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/19249/how-to-assign-a-static-ip-address-in-xp-vista-or-windows-7/

 

[Nostalgia MadPspmad]

I believe I solved the problem, it was simple as updating the Windows operating system using my Wireless NIC, to gather the necessary protocols to run the Killer NIC adapter. Apparently the updates fixed the Protocols issue and the status light returned and the router recognized the connection and automatically detected the device, added an entry onto the Router and it had a full internet connection.