I ran diagnostics and it said to plug in the ethernet cable to the network adaptor.
Plug ethernet cable into computer error.
I looked in network and it says that the ethernet cable is unplugged and does not show any available networks.
An ethernet port on a computer is accessible through the ethernet card on the motherboard.
Now locate your ethernet connection and right click on it.
One end is connected to your computer and the other is connected to the main network device probably a router.
I have plugged the router up to a different computer and my xbox and it works that way.
Instead of buying a new one outright plug the same cable into a different computer or temporarily swap out the ethernet cable for a known good one.
If that fixes the problem you ve got a defective router.
Also unplug the ethernet cable.
The wifi will pick up just fine i would just rather have an ethernet connection.
Plug in ethernet causes computer crash you are welcome i am happy to hear that my solution helped to fix your problem.
It is a pretty ridiculous problem so i am glad i could save someone the time of troubleshooting their computer over something so simple.
Ethernet cables plug into ethernet ports which are larger than phone cable ports.
As long as you don t need all of your ports you can get by.
If that doesn t fix it plug the cable into another port on the router.
Turn off your computer and remove the power cable from it.
This port is usually on the back of a desktop computer or on the side of a laptop.
But once i plug it into my laptop there is nothing.
If this procedure doesn t help try testing for a faulty cable.
Usually there is a light that comes on when i plug my ethernet cable into my laptop but it won t trigger the light either.
Wifi works fine with phones ipods ipads and another laptop that was also updated to windows 10 a desktop still using windows 8.
Urgent help would be greatly appreciated.
On troubleshooting it s says that an ethernet cable is broken or not plugged in properly and is unable to fix the problem as obviously i am not connected via any cable.
Wait for good 15 minutes.