My ethernet connection doesn't work until i start capturing packets, or restart

Almost every time (95 %) when i load my PC up, I don't have any connection until I restart the computer or, what seems more weird, until i start capturing packets on ethernet, at the start I thought it was just a coincidence, but after a few weeks of using this technique to connect to ethernet I am really confused, why does this work, any thoughts?

baldur

asked 2022-06-23 08:17:54 +0000

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You're a Windows user, right? Windows 11 maybe?

Jaap (2022-06-23 11:11:55 +0000) edit

Yes, but Windows 10

baldur (2022-06-23 13:05:25 +0000) edit

These kind of thing does get occasionally reported, but never really resolved. I tend to think of network stack corruption as the cause.

Not for the faint-hearted, but MS to have instructions on resetting TCP/IP which I believe still work on Win 10.

You might also want to try uninstalling npcap, rebooting, downloading the latest version and installing it.

grahamb (2022-06-24 06:22:32 +0000) edit

Uninstall NPCAP and USBPCAP then try your Ethernet connection. If that clears then problem is probably a NDIS driver conflict

BigFatCat (2022-06-24 18:35:59 +0000) edit

Uninstalling NPCAP helped!

baldur (2022-06-27 08:13:09 +0000) edit

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