- Aug 31, 2014
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Hi All,
I have an ibuypower laptop, that before yesterday, had never been connected to a hard line. I'm currently in Afghanistan, and the routers we're connected to are overloaded. The only way to get a stable connection (we've found) is to run a direct line from the router to our computer. Here's the problem I'm having. I can connect to the internet via wifi without issue, but when I connect an Ethernet from the router into my computer, nothing happens automatically. If I go into network and sharing center, disable all connections including the LAN connection, and then re enable the LAN, the network will connect. The dialog box will pop up at the bottom stating that I need to go online to connect to the network (sniperhill). I can bring up IE, load the log in page, but before I can enter information the connection cuts out again. At this point, I cannot try it again unless I restart my computer because it will not let me enable/disable my LAN connection without doing so. I have Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller. I've attempted to uninstall and reinstall the driver through the driver disk that came with the computer, and when I try to update it through "update device drivers" it says that it is up to date (even though the driver date shows 3/9/2012). I've also attempted to adjust settings / disable my firewall, same with the antivirus program, used a different browser, and tried an earlier version of Internet Explorer. We've tried to connect other computers to this same Ethernet cable, and it has worked without any problem with every one we've tried. I don't think I've left anything out, and I hope I was clear with the issue. Thanks in advance.
-Ben
I have an ibuypower laptop, that before yesterday, had never been connected to a hard line. I'm currently in Afghanistan, and the routers we're connected to are overloaded. The only way to get a stable connection (we've found) is to run a direct line from the router to our computer. Here's the problem I'm having. I can connect to the internet via wifi without issue, but when I connect an Ethernet from the router into my computer, nothing happens automatically. If I go into network and sharing center, disable all connections including the LAN connection, and then re enable the LAN, the network will connect. The dialog box will pop up at the bottom stating that I need to go online to connect to the network (sniperhill). I can bring up IE, load the log in page, but before I can enter information the connection cuts out again. At this point, I cannot try it again unless I restart my computer because it will not let me enable/disable my LAN connection without doing so. I have Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller. I've attempted to uninstall and reinstall the driver through the driver disk that came with the computer, and when I try to update it through "update device drivers" it says that it is up to date (even though the driver date shows 3/9/2012). I've also attempted to adjust settings / disable my firewall, same with the antivirus program, used a different browser, and tried an earlier version of Internet Explorer. We've tried to connect other computers to this same Ethernet cable, and it has worked without any problem with every one we've tried. I don't think I've left anything out, and I hope I was clear with the issue. Thanks in advance.
-Ben
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