# Ethernet port damaged?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ethernet-port-damaged/279363
**Category:** random
**Created:** [January 13, 2009, 11:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ethernet-port-damaged/279363 "2009-01-13T23:11:36Z")
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### Author: ![NeoDreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ccd318/32.png) [@NeoDreamer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/NeoDreamer)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2009, 11:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ethernet-port-damaged/279363/1 "2009-01-13T23:11:36Z")

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Last night, I was on the internet on my Dell desktop just fine. This morning, my internet stopped working. It says I have no connection in the icon in my bottom right tray. The internet works on my laptop, when I plug in the ethernet cable, however. I noticed that my desktop’s ethernet port’s lights (orange and green) don’t turn on anymore. Is this a sign of broken hardware - damaged ethernet port?

I’ve already tried:  
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[_]start \> run \> cmd \> ipconfig /release - but it says I must have a connection before I can do this  
[_]reinstalled all the drivers that came with the PC  
[_]restarted the DSL modem  
[_]restarted the computer  
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