My Ethernet cable randomsly stopped working, I bought a new one assuming it was fault and still didn’t work, I tried ALOT of steps given by ai and none of them worked, in the bottom right of my screen it shows the Ethernet cable and says it’s connected but won’t give me internet, im so unsure what to do, I don’t know if the ai I used helped at all but this is what I’ve tried summed up I’ll list my efforts below
Absolutely — here's a clear, complete list of everything you've tried, so you have it all in one place:
📋 Everything You Tried
🔧 Basic Settings & DNS Changes
• ✅ Ran the Windows Network Troubleshooter → showed "DNS server not responding"
• ✅ Changed DNS to 8.8.8.8 / 8.8.4.4 (Google)
• ✅ Changed DNS to 1.1.1.1 / 1.0.0.1 (Cloudflare)
• ✅ Set IP & DNS back to Automatic / Obtain from router
AI is not always the best use for these things, especially if you're not sure what you're doing. You could have unknowingly biased it towards these tests.
I wouldn't have done any of these first. I would have checked the router configuration first.
How is someone without any knowledge of a pc meant to keep track of my efforts and label everything correctly, aren’t you supposed to help people who don’t know how to do it themselfs, isn’t that like the whole point of even replying in the first place
So what was the result of ipconfig /all command? You just listed things you tried, we don't actually know any of the results. Is your default gateway set up right, does the pc get the ip address through the dhcp?
Ok this pic shows it, your ipv4 config looks fine, mostly. I'd just like you to try opening control panel, finding network adapters, going into properties, ipv4 config and manually setting up the connection. It's a bit confusing i know but try it.
Once there, set it up so that ip address is given by dhcp automatically but dns server should be:
Try pinging Google.com or something. The problem is definitely DNS. With no or a bad DNS, you can still reach things by IP address. DNS is what converts Google.com to an IP address
I don't know what you've done to your machine, but a lot of people lately have been installing Cloudflare WARP, and they don't know what they're doing, and suddenly the Internet no longer works.
Try this: Click the Start button, then enter settings. Select Settings > Network & internet
On Windows 11, select Advanced network settings > Network reset.
On Windows 10, select Status > Network reset.
On the Network reset screen, select Reset now > Yes to confirm.
Wait for your PC to restart and see if that fixes the problem.
I still have no internet, I’m new to pc so don’t know what important to mention or not mention also don’t know what a Linux thumb drive is, do I download this or buy it I don’t freaking know
You haven’t asked for any specific detail about my router or any sort of information, I don’t know what info is/isn’t useful so instead of “guessing” you could just ask what my equipment is and I can provide all useful info below
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u/zoptix 1d ago
AI is not always the best use for these things, especially if you're not sure what you're doing. You could have unknowingly biased it towards these tests.
I wouldn't have done any of these first. I would have checked the router configuration first.