Unidentified network with ethernet cable but it works with wifi router

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GeKKo525

GeKKo525

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This problem started about a month ago. For some reason if I plug the ethernet cable directly into the computer it just says unidentified network but if I plug the same ethernet cable into a wifi router if works (not all the time tho, sometimes it says unidentified network even if I do it this way). Nothing has changed since then with the internet nor with my computer, this problem just randomly started. I'm using windows 10 and I have an Acer Aspire V3-572g laptop. I tried reinstalling the OS, the drivers, pretty much tried everything I could find via google but nothing helped. Any suggestions?
 
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OK, that white box is a proper ethernet switch.

However, only one smart device (ethernet switches don't count; they pass traffic through to all other devices connected to them) should be connected directly to the modem. Each smart device (PC or router. Router makes lots of devices look like one) directly connected needs to be assigned an IP address, and with IPs being more expensive your ISP may have upgraded their systems so they don't assign more than one IP per modem.

You should have an ethernet cable go straight from the ethernet port on the modem (black box) to the WAN port on your wireless router. Another ethernet cable goes from a LAN port on your router to the ethernet port on your computer.
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GeKKo525

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My cousin's PC was doing the same thing but it got fixed after a couple of restart of the internet.

I think it's a full router, however, I don't completely know the difference beetween the 2.

This is on the other end: http://imgur.com/H3u0Vmo . The left cable comes straight from the antenna.
 
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OK, that white box is a proper ethernet switch.

However, only one smart device (ethernet switches don't count; they pass traffic through to all other devices connected to them) should be connected directly to the modem. Each smart device (PC or router. Router makes lots of devices look like one) directly connected needs to be assigned an IP address, and with IPs being more expensive your ISP may have upgraded their systems so they don't assign more than one IP per modem.

You should have an ethernet cable go straight from the ethernet port on the modem (black box) to the WAN port on your wireless router. Another ethernet cable goes from a LAN port on your router to the ethernet port on your computer.
 
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