Right click on the network icon and select open network and sharing center. On the next screen look in the left column for change adaptor settings. Click it.
On the next screen look to see if the hardwire connection has been disabled. If it has then left click once to highlight it then right click to open the menu. Select enable and click it.
See what that does. If all else fails pick you up a cheap little nic card and install that. It's sounding more and more like the nic has pooped out.
On the next screen look to see if the hardwire connection has been disabled. If it has then left click once to highlight it then right click to open the menu. Select enable and click it.
See what that does. If all else fails pick you up a cheap little nic card and install that. It's sounding more and more like the nic has pooped out.