is there any hardware conflicts showing up in the device manager?? is the device even showing up in the device manager?? is anything showing up under network connections?? if something is showing up does it say media connected or disconnected?? Is there a wireless network available for you to connect to?? was your ethernet cables plugged in?? did your ethernet cables get pinched?
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Device manager shows no conflicts with anything. it shows up in network connections. it is connected to the network. (my neighbor has a wireless network) the ethernet was pluged in and i have tried several cards and cables. my usb works fine (thats how i ahve to get online)