Windows 10 Ethernet adapter disappeared
My Windows10 PC has no ethernet network connection since yesterday. The port is part of the ASUS X570 motherboard. In 'View Hardware and Connection Properties':
- Ethernet: Status is Not Present, Connectivity is Disconnected.
- vEthernet Status is Operational and Connectivity is Disconnected.
Ethernet adapter isn't present in Device Manager.
Steps:
- Reset router/modem
- Tried different ethernet ports on the router
- Changed the ethernet cable
- Network Troubleshooter comes up with no results.
- Tried reinitializing all network states as suggested below.
- Windows Network Reset
- LAN Controller in BIOS is on
- Delete vEthernet Adapter in Device Manager
- Green ethernet port LED is on when cable is plugged in, orange LED is flashing
- Reinstall drivers
The same router is connecting successfully to an RPi4 via ethernet, and wifi works for my MacOS laptop and Android phone.
I'm wondering if this is a firewall or network setup issue. If so, what are steps I could take to troubleshoot? I had previously messed around quite a bit with my ports and firewall settings.
Try completely reinitialising all network states.
Run the following commands in an elevated (run as Adminstrator) cmd
shell:
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Reset WINSOCK entries to installation defaults (reboot required):
netsh winsock reset catalog
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Reset TCP/IP stack to installation defaults:
netsh int ip reset reset.log
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Reset Firewall to installation defaults:
netsh advfirewall reset
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Flush DNS resolver cache:
ipconfig /flushdns
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Renew DNS client registration and refresh DHCP leases:
ipconfig /registerdns
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Flush routing table (reboot required):
route /f