My laptop can't connect to internet via ethernet cable

[mochili96]

The laptop is a MSI GE60-0nd.
My wifi connection seems to be working fine, except that its capping at a download speed of around 360kb/s even though I've downloaded at 3.5mb/s before this problem occurred.

Other than that, I tried connecting to my router through an Ethernet cable, but nothing happens, I'm still only connected through wifi. It isn't a problem with the cord or router because my brother's dekstop connects with it just fine and I've tried 2 different cords.

I tried to fix it by trying to update the drivers through Device Manager as suggested from another thread but it didn't work. If any other info is needed, please just ask and I'll do my best to supply it.

EDIT: with additional research I found that I have what seems to be a common problem without a common solution
Local area connection doesn't have a valid IP configuration, is what it tells me when I diagnosed my Local Area Connection.

Here is the text from ipconfig through cmd if needed :


Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : MSI
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : fios-router.home

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : TAP-Windows Adapter V9
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-FF-80-08-E4-1C
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::fc15:acb2:7d4c:3205%11(Preferred)
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.50.5(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 771817344
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-1B-5D-1B-70-8C-89-A5-05-64-09
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : ZeroTier One Virtual Network Port
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : D6-DA-BD-5A-64-B1
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Ethernet 2:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Anchorfree HSS VPN Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-FF-E6-C9-44-2C
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 07-53-C3-00-00-00
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Wi-Fi:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : fios-router.home
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Centrino(R) Wireless-N 135
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 0C-D2-92-07-53-BE
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::54c4:a757:3fce:d9ea%4(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.151(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, August 9, 2015 10:34:43 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, August 10, 2015 12:23:13 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 369104128
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-1B-5D-1B-70-8C-89-A5-05-64-09
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter isatap.{8008E41C-5C21-48D1-8835-FBB2CAFCE703}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.fios-router.home:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : fios-router.home
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

 

[Emerald]

did you disconnect from the wifi before connecting via ethernet?

 

[mochili96]

did you disconnect from the wifi before connecting via ethernet?

Yes, I did, also please check the updated original post that has more information.

 

[Emerald]

the info shows that the wireless network card is still enabled and has an IP assigned.

disable the wireless network card and assign the LAN network card a static IP. the same IP that is currently listed under the wireless network card above.

Also have you tried updating the driver for the network card?

 

[mochili96]

the info shows that the wireless network card is still enabled and has an IP assigned.

disable the wireless network card and assign the LAN network card a static IP. the same IP that is currently listed under the wireless network card above.

Also have you tried updating the driver for the network card?

ok, tried that but it didn't work.
and yea, i tried updating the drivers before already.

Actually when I gave it a static IP address, the "Local Area Connection doesn't have a valid IP configuration" problem was replaced with something like Default Gateway not found

 

[Emerald]

Just want to make sure, is this the information you entered for the static IP?

IP: 192.168.1.51
netmask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.1.1
DNS: 192.168.1.1