Disabled internet adapter
I was having trouble with my router... and incoming internet landline. I wanted to switch from the in-line cable plugged into the back of my desktop... to the wireless card that is inside my computer....
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My Windows 7 professional was supposed to have wifi but when it arrived... sadly it was born without it. Asus shipped me a wifi card. All was well for two years. I setup a network between printers and computers. Happy camper.
A few months ago we connected our router to outside internet cable... boom ... I had 1GB speed instead of 130Mbs. I disconnected from all wireless by clicking "disconnect" on the internet access icon in the lower left side of the task bar. Instead of vertical bars showing signal strength... I had an icon of a monitor with a connection(looked like a box with a Neptune spear beside it.)
Sometime Saturday night that Neptune icon showed an exclamation point ... and my internet signal was gone. After troubleshooting i realized the problem was with the incoming signal in the office. It was 3am and I wasn't going to bother going there to reset that Century Link modem. I wanted to connect to my Verizon mifi but the incoming cable line was interfering with that... so I clicked on "disable"..... seemed so easy at the time.
When we reset the modem the next morning.... my computer did not recognize incoming internet cable line. I had wireless. It saw the signal coming from my router. I did not see a local area connection. Ran the trouble shooter... and it said the cable was unplugged or defective. I restarted my computer thinking it would just reconnect automatically. NOPE.
That's when I posted my question...
In the meantime, I asked hubby to do the twister game to get to the router and unplug the cable going to the desktop. (Yes, that's easier than getting to the back of the desktop.) Unplugging it... resetting our router.... plugging it back in.... did nothing to solve my problem.)
Then I tried one more time to run the trouble shooter...and this time it enabled the disabled internet connection. I was very happy to have that faster speed back. I just knew there had to be an easier way than me unplugging the cord from the back of my desktop.
Thank you!
A few months ago we connected our router to outside internet cable... boom ... I had 1GB speed instead of 130Mbs. I disconnected from all wireless by clicking "disconnect" on the internet access icon in the lower left side of the task bar. Instead of vertical bars showing signal strength... I had an icon of a monitor with a connection(looked like a box with a Neptune spear beside it.)
Sometime Saturday night that Neptune icon showed an exclamation point ... and my internet signal was gone. After troubleshooting i realized the problem was with the incoming signal in the office. It was 3am and I wasn't going to bother going there to reset that Century Link modem. I wanted to connect to my Verizon mifi but the incoming cable line was interfering with that... so I clicked on "disable"..... seemed so easy at the time.
When we reset the modem the next morning.... my computer did not recognize incoming internet cable line. I had wireless. It saw the signal coming from my router. I did not see a local area connection. Ran the trouble shooter... and it said the cable was unplugged or defective. I restarted my computer thinking it would just reconnect automatically. NOPE.
That's when I posted my question...
In the meantime, I asked hubby to do the twister game to get to the router and unplug the cable going to the desktop. (Yes, that's easier than getting to the back of the desktop.) Unplugging it... resetting our router.... plugging it back in.... did nothing to solve my problem.)
Then I tried one more time to run the trouble shooter...and this time it enabled the disabled internet connection. I was very happy to have that faster speed back. I just knew there had to be an easier way than me unplugging the cord from the back of my desktop.
Thank you!
