Hi,
I have recently moved into some temporary accommodation which requires me to use an ethernet cable to connect to the internet. (For some time I have been using Wireless internet at home which works fine. But I have been able to connect to the internet using an ethernet cable before with no problems).
When I first tried to connect to the internet here my laptop did not recognise the connection at all. I had the ethernet cable plugged in and there was no recognition that any internet was available. In network and sharing centre there did not appear to be a local area connection. And in device manager under network adapters I only had my wireless network adapter. After restarting the computer a few times the 'local area connection' reappeared and in device manager I could see 'Marvell Yukon 88E8036 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller' as well as the wireless network adapter. I could now connect to the internet. However, the adapter and 'local area connection' have been intermittently disappearing when I wake my computer from sleep / turn it on. I seem to be able to make them reappear by restarting the computer several times, enabling/disabling wireless, and starting the computer in safe mode with networking. I can't see a pattern in what makes them reappear though!
I have also gone into device manager, network adapters, right clicked on 'Marvell Yukon 88E8036 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller', properties, power management tab. Here I have unticked the box that says "allow computer to turn off this device to save power". This has not altered the problem.
Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks,
Kate
