I just turned on my computer and windows is telling me that my Ethernet port is un plugged. Reinstalling the drivers for it didnt help. When i try and plug it in, the orange and green lights flash in this pattern: O . . . O G G G . . . and repeats. On other Ethernet ports the green on stays on and the orange one flickers. Is there any way i can install a new one? It looks as though the port is mounted on the
motherboard and I dont want to buy a new one.
If you have a an open PCI slot you can add a card which should do the trip for you
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So you are plugging your Ethernet cable into your router, and your router is giving you the orange/green combo?
Power down, wait one minute, and power up your router.
Is this a wireless router?
You can also try a hard reset on the router.
Can you ping your router?
@kipper thanks, I didn't know they sold pci slots for
more ports.
@lemur it was the port on my computer, sorry if I wasn't clear. Taking your advice and an article I read and powered down my computer and unplugged it for about an hour or so and now it works fine.
Thank you both!
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