Router connects wirelessly, but not with cable??

longwalks1

My pc is upstairs and connects wirelessly (had to buy a wifi USB dongle thing to connect to it, was a low spec pc). I tried plugging it into the router with a data cable but it won't connect?
Any ideas please?
Want to hard wire it for greater reliabilty (once it's connected)
Cheers

Figment

Presumably you meant Ethernet cable (not data cable)?


Check in Network and Sharing Center that the LAN connection is enabled.

Also check in device manager to see if there are any unknown devices, or any with a red X or yellow triangle containing a !

longwalks1

Thanks Figment
Yup meant ethernet cable but couldnt remember the name of it

Plugged cable back into my desktop and now its working, so not sure what the issue was before? Only difference was this time i didnt plug into my PC until after it'd booted up

Thanks again, and hopefully be getting my SATA caddy early part of the week r.e my other thread

Figment

It shouldn't make any difference whether cable is plugged in with PC on or off. Maybe the plug wasn't inserted fully (until it clicks into place)