I don't know if this is the right section, but I'm having Win7 connection issues.

SantaCwaz · Jul 21, 2015

I recently switched from using a rather jenky way to connect to the internet, to a hardline. I have cat 6 running throughout my walls so I decided to take advantage of them. I wired both sides of the cat 6 to be keystone jacks, and then one cat 6 patch from the router to the cable and another from the other end of the cable in the wall to the back of my computer, and low and behold it worked. I noticed a huge improvement in speed. So I go to sleep that night and the next day I wake up, connection area, that annoying yellow triangle, says its a public, unidentified network. Was also giving me something about an ethernet cable being improperly plugged in, even though everything is. I read up on it, and many suggestions were to unplug for 30min to an hour, and try again. That worked. Now today, same issue, unidentified network. I unplugged everything again, took a nap, came back and the same issue. I have no idea what to do here, and it is extremely frustrating, any help?

Ubrales · Jul 21, 2015

Looks like your router is automatically connecting to some other unsecured network.

Re-setup your router and use a strong password. (Not by pressing the 'Reset' button at the back of the router).

mdsiu · Jul 21, 2015

Sounds like bad wiring on the keystone jacks. You made/wired the ends yourself correct?

SantaCwaz · Jul 21, 2015

I did, and I have had the connection working twice, and when it works it has worked fantastically. Its just saying it is an unidentified network.

mdsiu · Jul 21, 2015

Sounds like a short in the wiring.

jsmithepa · Jul 22, 2015

Check status LEDs on both RJ45s, what are they saying? read manuals.

SantaCwaz · Jul 22, 2015

There are no status leds that I can see, but the cables work for other computers, I've tested.

SantaCwaz · Jul 22, 2015

In network center in windows it says its an unidentified public network, even thought it isn't this is the real issue, I ran tests of the wireless adapter (the one on my motherboard) It is an Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection. Device status says its working. Currently the Duplex is on auto, but when I manually change it the computer no longer seems to pick up the ethernet. Running the diagnostics here say the cable is fine, but it s\tells me it cannot run the connection test, something about how the adapter is configured to obtain an IP address automatically but no DHCP server is present on the network. What does this mean?

SantaCwaz · Jul 22, 2015

Is there nothing else it could be?

jsmithepa · Jul 22, 2015

SantaCwaz :

There are NO lights on the ethernet cable connection line this???

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mdsiu · Jul 22, 2015

jsmithepa :

Yeah, we need to know if you are getting link and data lights.

SantaCwaz · Jul 24, 2015

So it randomly started working yesterday for a while, and upon a restart it stopped. And I currently have only the yellow light glowing, it flashes once every so often

SantaCwaz · Jul 25, 2015

Would this be better to ask in the windows subsection?

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