Since shortly after buying my Dell Inspiron laptop, I can get online with the wireless only. I cannot use the hard-wired ethernet connection. I can find the WAN Miniport under control panel/change adapter settings, but cannot get it to turn on. If I turn off the wireless, I cannot find a way to get online. This is W7 Home Premium.
Any ideas?
Open Device Manager (devmgmt.msc) - expand Network Adapters - check whether Ethernet adapter is disabled or have any issues (yellow exclamation or similar)
Then Network and Sharing Center - Change Adapter Settings - see if "Local Area Connection" is there and enabled (right click).
Also when you have the cable plugged in, write in cmd:
It will not display anything, but will copy the results to the clipboard. Paste here (CTRL+V).Code:ipconfig -all |clip
On the device manager, there are two listed. Wireless Network Connection Dell Wireless 1397 WLAN and Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter. There is no yellow exclamation point.
The network connections screen shows 2 devices. First is Wireless Network Connection Dell Wireless 1397 WLAN Mini-Card with all green bars lighted.
Second is Wireless Connection 2 Not Connected Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter with all green bars lighted and a bold red X. When I right click on this, it shows enabled. Under Properties/Networking/Configure it shows "This device is working properly."
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name BLUE
prinaryu dns suffix __
Node type broadcast
IP routing enabled no
wins proxy enabled no
witeless lan adpater wireless network connedction
media state media disconnected
connedction specific dns suffix ____
description dell wireless 1397 WLAN Mini-Card
physical address 00-26-5E-7D-02-0B
DNCP enabled yes
autonciguration enabled yes
(WIRELESS)
Wireless LAN adapter wireless network connecdtion 2
media state media disconnected
connection specific DNS suffix ___
Description Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter
Physical Address 00-26-5E-7D-02-0B
DHCP Enabled yes
Autoconfiguraton Enabled Yes
You seem to be missing the Ethernet card. Never heard of such a thing, but can you check Fn key combos for Ethernet? It may also be disabled within BIOS (Setup menu when you first start the PC).
Running Setup/System Configuration/Integrated NIC shows
enabled=The internal LAN is enabled
How would the ethernet card be shown in these various menus--I mean what should I be looking for that will identify the ethernet card?
Do you have any unknown device in Device Manager?
In Device Manager it should show as the Manufacturer and model, for example mine show as "Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller".
But in Network Connections it is supposed to be (can be renamed) "Local Area Connection" however it should also have the card name visible. The left-most in screenshot..
Thanks so much for all your great help!
The network connections screen shows only these 2 devices--Wireless Network Connection Dell Wireless 1397 WLAN Mini-Card and Wireless Connection 2 Not Connected Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter.
I will look further for something like Realtek and controller.
It appears that this is not a W7 issue, but when I try to create a new broadband connection, I get Error 651: Your modem (or other connecting device) has reported an error. Researching this, I find a lot of references to it occurring commonly in W7, with no real clear single answer yet a lot of different approaches.
Gary
Well, you don't create an Ethernet connection like that. And your card may have a different name. I gave that as an example. There are many network interface card manufacturers and as many models of cards.
What is the exact make/model of your PC?
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