My computer has been working fine until a power outage we had a couple of days ago. Im not home now and i have no access to internet at home. But before, i know when i hooked up my comcast to my computers ethernet port the port would turn greenish color. Now it does not and the computer does not even know its there. What can i do to fix this?
2007-06-14 14:38:32 · 6 answers · asked by john s 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
most likely buy a new ethernet card. sounds like that one got frid during the power outage
2007-06-14 14:40:49 · answer #1 · answered by pstiffyinc 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your cable receiver is likely not picking up signal from the ethernet. Unplug it and allow it to "rest" for two full minutes before plugging back in the power. Then plug back in and then reboot your entire computer system, making sure your ethernet cable is connected to your cable modem receiver and computer. That should fix the problem for you.
2007-06-14 14:42:37 · answer #2 · answered by Jane Doe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First reboot the cable modem by unplugging it for 30 seconds and then plug it back in. Then reboot the PC. If you have a router do the same thing. If all that is normal, and you are still not getting the light to come on, change the cable running from your PC to the cable modem. If that doesn't do anything then it sounds like your network card is dead.
2016-05-20 23:02:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It may be as simple as unplugging your modem, disconnecting your ethernet cable, wait 5 minutes, plug modem back in, and plug ethernet cable back in. Sounds like your setup got out of sync.
Good Luck,
2007-06-14 14:41:47 · answer #4 · answered by RepoMan18 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
most likely when the pwer came back on it fried your ethernet port or NIC
2007-06-14 14:42:24 · answer #5 · answered by rsist34 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
call comcast help line. that's something i never really dealt with.
2007-06-14 14:42:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋