problem with connecting to the internet with network card

pieterj

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Hello everyone! I must say, i am not the smartest with computers, so sorry if the fix is obvious or simple!

So I and my brother recently builded a new pc. We also bought a network card, a TP-Link TG-3468 V2. We installed that also. So the hardware is fine etc, and windows 7 64bit is also on the computer. We installed the drivers that came with the motherboard cd, and the gpu and keyboard drivers.

I have installed the network card drivers, but i dont know if correctly. When i installed them, there came a message This device is not installed or something (code 10). But when i resetted my computer, i saw left under a message saying that the drivers were succesfully installed. I looked in the device manager and i saw two connectors: a Gigabit PCI Express Network Adapter that had a yellow triangle, and a Gigabit PCI Express Network Adapter that was succeeded. But i still couldnt connect to a wifi system. I deleted the "failed" one, but still.

Then i looked in the "Network Connections", and i saw two computers with a red cross right under them, with "Local area Connection 3", and under that "Network cable unplugged".

But i thought i didnt need a ethernet cable or something, because i have a network card.

Could anyone help us? We really want to start downloading steam and finally play games on our new computer!
 
the purpose of the card is that if mainboard doesn't have wired ethernet and/or it is broken, you can still connect to net with cable.
That or more complex needs and multiple network cards connecting to two different networks.

As for cards, TP-link also seem to sell wireless network cards too that plug into same pci-e slot as the one you linked to. the keyword is wireless.
or you can get usb stick thing, both will likely work just fine.
 

ShakedG

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The purpose of this card is to provide a gigabit ethernet connection if you need it. You may either buy a usb WiFi dongle, or a PCIe WiFi network adapter. I recommend the USB ones, since they are cheaper, and in my experience more durable (surprisingly).