r/ethernet

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My Ethernet connection doesn't actually disconnect. Windows still shows that it's connected, but the connection completely stops working for about 1 second and then comes back. This causes lag spikes and sometimes disconnects me from online games. I've already tried a different Ethernet cable and updated/reinstalled the network drivers. Has anyone experienced this or know what could be causing it?

Hello all,

I just moved into an apartment in the Netherlands. I’ve got gigabit fiber which runs to a utilities closet outdoors. Unfortunately, the apartment is not wired for Ethernet, and there’s no openings for me to run a cable into the apartment.

I’d like to be able to make use of my shiny new gigabit connection to play competitive games on my PC, but I’m stumped as to how to get a decent connection.

WiFi speed is roughly 200mbps when I check with my phone and is even worse with my PC since its wireless card is terrible (I’ve always used Ethernet in the past).

What are my options and what is most likely to get me the (near) gigabit speeds I’m paying for? I’ve seen posts where people suggest using Ethernet over power cables, but say it’s totally unreliable. Would a mesh network help? If so, how would that work? Would I be able to have a mesh access point next to my pc that I could plug my Ethernet cord into? I’ve heard that the Deco WiFi 7 mesh routers can get pretty fast, but I’m not sure I can afford to shell out €500 for that sort of setup. I’ve seen MoCA adapters discussed as well, but there’s unfortunately no coax cable in the apartment either. I’ve considered throwing an Ethernet cable out the window and trying to discreetly route it into the utilities closet, but that would mean leaving both the window and the closet ajar and unlocked at all times, which probably isn’t a good idea once the winter gets here. Not to mention, my landlord likely wouldn’t approve…

Any advice would be much appreciated!

Hi, I’ve been trying to get a friend (on MacOS) to join my server using LAN on Minecraft. We have tried everything, the essential extension mod, turning off firewalls, ensuring there is no VPN, restarting both PCs and using direct connection which only says “connecting to server” forever. Both networks are on private and I no longer know what to do.

Is there any way around this? I would be willing to purchase realms or try and convert my single player into a server if that would work.

I have a very strange and peculiar problem with internet:-

I have a laptop with wifi card and ethernet card. I turn off my wifi adapter and only use my laptop by connecting it to ethernet cable. Every few days or so, the internet stops working. The only to quickly get it to work is to right click on the network icon and click "diagnose network problems" and that tends to magically restore internet connectivity. At first I was thinking it is my ISP but only today (02/07/2026) I found out that if I enable my wifi adapter and connect via wifi, I can access the internet which means it is not ISP issue and probably ethernet adapter issue but I am not sure. I have tried changing DNS from default to others but in vain so any input will help.

My Ethernet continuously disconnects from my PC, I hadn’t been using Ethernet until around a month ago at the latest. seemingly at random, my Internet will just stop having a stable connection, it will fluctuate between being connected, and not, but fails to establish enough of a connection for me to do much more than a google search. After about 5 minutes, it seems to decide it’s done all together and stop being connected outright. I have looked over several tutorials online as well as tried looking through other posts that seemed to have a similar issue, but the only thing that works is performing a Network Reset from the “Network & Internet” tab of my settings, but even that is temporary since I’ve been having to do that every day for a week with it always returning the next day. Although that does mean I have a solution, I assume this is not a good sign and working with hacky solutions will only expedite any problem that may be the underlying issue.

When it is in the state described, my Network Status flips between “No Internet access
Your device is connected, but you might not be able to access anything on the network. If you have a limited data plan, you can make this network a metered connection or change other properties.” And “Not connected
You aren't connected to any networks.” (Switching between the two about every 5-15 seconds)

The computer is about 5.5 years old, 32 GB Installed RAM, 3.60 GHZ Processor, and the Ethernet cord I usually use is 35 feet (I also tried a 25 foot cord, but that also didn’t work).

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Idk if this is the right sub or not redirect me if it isnt, but just recently ive had an issue where when i unplug my ethernet, my pc wont swap to internet without a pc restart. And its the same thing when i plug in ethernet, wont swap till a restart. Just wondering if its like a setting i turned on or something

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I have a pod right under my desk to plug my ethernet cable in. It worked great for like a year but it's been 3 weeks now that it has been going to shit. I have trouble loading pages on google or downloading 1gb games. Sometimes it would say I even have 0.5 mbps on ookla..?

Sometimes it straight up says my Ethernet has no internet or is unknown.

I just did a test and it said 104 mbps but I have 299 latency for some reason.

I recently bought a new pc and gave away my old one but my ethernet or internet sucks, it was the same on the old one and its happening now too, when playing games like minecraft online I randomly get Massive lag spikes out of nowhere one moment im playing on 40-60ms then im suddenly at 15000ms or so my flarial client tells me and i get instantly disconnected from the game, any ideas on why this is happening please if you do help me. Additional Info:

My ISP is subishu

network speed is 2.4G

router is Huawei EG8141A5(dont think you need this tho.)

I tried everything google told me nothing seems to fix it I've lived with this issue for more than 2 years, Help me if you can!

My home LAN in the UK has been plagued for weeks by daily dropouts affecting both my wired and wifi networks. Power cycling my router usually fixes things but only for a few hours. This can't be a PC issue because the wifi dropouts also kill my smartphone wifi and my SkyQ TV wifi. And it shouldn't be a router issue as my Linksys Velop router was replaced by a newer model a week ago by a Gigaclear engineer (who also found a faulty fibre connection at the local cabinet which he fixed).

It can't be just a wifi issue either since my home network (router/4 Linksys nodes/2 PCs) is Cat6 hardwired and should function normally if wifi dies. And signal strength/speed isn't an issue because when working properly I get a stable 940 Mbps up and down (wired) with wifi speeds about half that.

It's a mystery because even when my network shuts down, all the usual signs report it as connected and working. The LED lights on my nodes glow blue as they should; and my iMac network preferences panel reports that both ethernet and wifi are connected and active. How can this be? At other times, I do see that the wifi icon in my menubar is greyed out and my network preferences panel reports that my wifi is on but not connected to a network. Sometimes I can reselect my router in the settings but other times it takes a router reboot…although occasionally, everything comes back to life without any intervention from me.

Can anyone please put me out of my misery?

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Basically my games started to bug out and disconnect even when my ethernet cable is connected and this is to all my games and also including sites where I refresh and it takes a while to load but the games are more affected. this only started like few days ago hasnt been a week and i didnt touch anything differently. These disconnections don't stay for too long maybe like 10 minutes max, but it happens often. I first thought it was dust in my pc so I did clean the dust out, but the problem is still there. If needed I will record videos and find examples to post later when I have time. ( I do not really know the parts I have in my PC as I'm no pro and got my PC pre-built )

I was wondering if there were any solutions so this Ethernet cable issue I had. I recently bought a cat 8 Ethernet cable and have it plugged into my pc, I have it connected to a WiFi-extender that is right next to my pc. I have tried updating my drivers, putting speed and duplex at 100 mbps, I have tried a different port and for some reason I’m still suck at ridiculously low speeds, often not even reaching 1 mbps. I have a CAT 8 Ethernet cable. If I could upload any pictures or screenshots to help please let me know.

I recently came into possession of a used gaming pc and the download speeds average around 5 mbps. I use an ethernet cable and didnt have this issue when using the same cable with my ps5 and doing the same internet speed test on my phone shows an average of 425 mbps. I have gone down the rabbit hole of changing settings in device manager and updating drivers straight from the manufacturers site. The pc in question is a hp victus 15L prebuilt which seems to have "Realtek RTL8822CE 802.11ac PCIe Adapter" for the wifi and ethernet (I'm not too sure about it, I'm just going off what I see). Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Cambie mi proveedor de internet recientemente tengo 500 megas fibra óptica, y desde que cambie mi pc solo recibe 100mbps lo solucionaba cada vez que encendia deshabilitando y habilitando el driver de ethernet en el administrador de dispositivos, pero cada vez que ponia a hibernar o encendia el pc de nuevo se ponia a 100mbps, lleva así un tiempo y hay veces que directamente no funciona el deshabilitar y habilitar tengo windows 11 y una b450mdsh3 v2 NO ES PROBLEMA del cable ya que probe en un portatil, NI TAMPOCO DEL PUERTO ya que aveces si me da el 1.0gbps full duplex, un problema interno de software y configuración, ya probe poner el limite en auto-negotiation y subirlo a 1.0gbps pero cuando se "traba" en 100mbps solo cambia la opción si bajo, si subo de 100 no se refleja, necesito ayuda urgente por favor!!

Having issues with my Ethernet port not registering input, both it's lights not activating and I am not getting an Internet signal.

Things I have currently tried as troubleshooting:

Updating by bios (ROG B450F board)

Uninstalling my Ethernet port drivers, restarting

Updating said Ethernet drivers to latest from ASUS

Testing Ethernet cable (works on laptop)

I'll add that this happened randomly about a week ago and my PC has been running unusually hot up until that instance. Any thoughts on further troubleshooting? If no further troubleshooting is it possible I simply fried that port and need to replace the board? Appreciate any ideas.

I have the 2025 hisense 100" u7qg TV which is capped at 100 mb. Can anyone please confirm what usb adapter works for them to increase the speeds of there internet basically to play large remux files to eliminate the buffering thank you