Question Problem with ethernet with fiber optic modem ?

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Zylane Equinox

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So I just got fiber optic internet installed. The wifi works fine for the fiber modem. My ethernet however, is unidentified and cannot establish a connection no matter what I do.
Is the Cat5e cable not good enough for the fiber internet, do I need a better one? I have 3 different ethernet cables and they all come to the same problem, they work perfectly fine on my modem with the normal internet but will have the error when I tried to use the fiber optic internet modem. "Unidentified Network" on the adapter and error being "Ethernet does not have a valid IP configuration" when troubleshooting. The Ethernet green light on the modem is on as well "Ethernet 1" . I tried everything on this site as well and nothing worked https://www.bouncegeek.com/unidentified-network-ethernet-windows-10/. Does anybody have a solution. Is it just that I need a better ethernet cable for the fiber modem?

ISP: Bahamas Telephone Company
Modem/Router: Calix 844G-1

Connection path: ISP >> Fiber-Modem >> Ethernet Cable >> PC
 
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Zylane Equinox said:
So I just got fiber optic internet installed. The wifi works fine for the fiber modem. My ethernet however, is unidentified and cannot establish a connection no matter what I do.
Is the Cat5e cable not good enough for the fiber internet, do I need a better one? I have 3 different ethernet cables and they all come to the same problem, they work perfectly fine on my modem with the normal internet but will have the error when I tried to use the fiber optic internet modem. "Unidentified Network" on the adapter and error being "Ethernet does not have a valid IP configuration" when troubleshooting. The Ethernet green light on the modem is on as well "Ethernet 1" . I tried everything on this site as well and nothing worked https://www.bouncegeek.com/unidentified-network-ethernet-windows-10/. Does anybody have a solution. Is it just that I need a better ethernet cable for the fiber modem?
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Cat5e is plenty for fiber. My guess is the router/modem isn't setup for the Ethernet to give an IP address.
 
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Update your post to include full system hardware specs and OS information.

ISP?

Make and model modem?

Make and model router?

Or make and model modem/router if combined.

How are they connected? Typical line diagram:

ISP === fiber ===> Modem ---- Ethernet cable ---> [WAN Port] Router [LAN ports] ----Ethernet cables ---> to wired devices and ~~~> to wireless devices.

However you mentioned that wireless works fine for the fiber modem which makes me believe that you have a combined modem/router.

Feel free to edit and correct my line diagram as necessary. Include other devices as present and connected via wired or wireless.

Also:

Run "ipconfig /all" (without quotes) via the Command Prompt on your computer.

Post the results here. ( You should be able copy and paste the results without any need to retype it all.)
 
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Ralston18 said:
Update your post to include full system hardware specs and OS information.

ISP?

Make and model modem?

Make and model router?

Or make and model modem/router if combined.

How are they connected? Typical line diagram:

ISP === fiber ===> Modem ---- Ethernet cable ---> [WAN Port] Router [LAN ports] ----Ethernet cables ---> to wired devices and ~~~> to wireless devices.

However you mentioned that wireless works fine for the fiber modem which makes me believe that you have a combined modem/router.

Feel free to edit and correct my line diagram as necessary. Include other devices as present and connected via wired or wireless.

Also:

Run "ipconfig /all" (without quotes) via the Command Prompt on your computer.

Post the results here. ( You should be able copy and paste the results without any need to retype it all.)
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I updated as suggested. Also the CMD info:
Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : DESKTOP-N098EMJ
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : Home

Ethernet adapter Ethernet:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Ethernet Connection (2) I219-V
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 10-7B-44-F0-EA-1E
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::d835:9618:2d08:2d1c%3(Preferred)
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.45.28(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : fe80::3e90:66ff:fe67:aa8d%3
fe80::3e90:66ff:fe67:8c08%3
fe80::3e90:66ff:fe67:a9f3%3
fe80::3e90:66ff:fe67:86c2%3
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 51411780
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-2A-71-1F-02-E8-D1-1B-9A-05-23
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 10:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : EA-D1-1B-9A-05-23
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 11:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : FA-D1-1B-9A-05-23
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Wi-Fi:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Home
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Qualcomm Atheros QCA61x4A Wireless Network Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : E8-D1-1B-9A-05-23
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::48ce:416f:5ef7:d121%17(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.4(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, July 26, 2022 12:59:29 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, July 27, 2022 12:59:28 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 367579419
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-2A-71-1F-02-E8-D1-1B-9A-05-23
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
192.168.1.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
 
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Zylane Equinox said:
I updated as suggested. Also the CMD info:
Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : DESKTOP-N098EMJ
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : Home

Ethernet adapter Ethernet:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Ethernet Connection (2) I219-V
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 10-7B-44-F0-EA-1E
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::d835:9618:2d08:2d1c%3(Preferred)
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.45.28(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : fe80::3e90:66ff:fe67:aa8d%3
fe80::3e90:66ff:fe67:8c08%3
fe80::3e90:66ff:fe67:a9f3%3
fe80::3e90:66ff:fe67:86c2%3
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 51411780
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-2A-71-1F-02-E8-D1-1B-9A-05-23
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 10:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : EA-D1-1B-9A-05-23
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 11:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : FA-D1-1B-9A-05-23
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Wi-Fi:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Home
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Qualcomm Atheros QCA61x4A Wireless Network Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : E8-D1-1B-9A-05-23
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::48ce:416f:5ef7:d121%17(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.4(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, July 26, 2022 12:59:29 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, July 27, 2022 12:59:28 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 367579419
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-2A-71-1F-02-E8-D1-1B-9A-05-23
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
192.168.1.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
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Right now you aren't getting an IP address on your connection with the Ethernet cable. My best guess is the WiFi is setup for access but the Ethernet side isn't.
 
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This modem/router?

https://setuprouter.com/router/calix/844g-1/2231.pdf

[Verify that I found the applicable User Manual.]

Login information:

https://setuprouter.com/router/calix/844g-1/login.htm

= = = =

Only one network adapter either wired or wireless should be enabled. Not both at the same and not two of any network adapters barring special requirements.

Disable the Qualcomm wireless network adapter leaving the Intel wired network adapter enabled.

Disable IPv6

On the modem/router change the lease time to more than 24 hours.

Change the DNS Servers to 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 (Google).
 
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Ralston18 said:
This modem/router?

https://setuprouter.com/router/calix/844g-1/2231.pdf

[Verify that I found the applicable User Manual.]

Login information:

https://setuprouter.com/router/calix/844g-1/login.htm

= = = =

Only one network adapter either wired or wireless should be enabled. Not both at the same and not two of any network adapters barring special requirements.

Disable the Qualcomm wireless network adapter leaving the Intel wired network adapter enabled.

Disable IPv6

On the modem/router change the lease time to more than 24 hours.

Change the DNS Servers to 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 (Google).
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Yea the manual is right, Did all you said but still nothing, n u meant change the intel network adapter dns server right? Im starting to think it might just be a isp problem and I might have to call a tech back again at this point
 
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