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My wired network connection (CAT5) disappeared?
I'm downsizing and I'm using a Surface Pro 4/Win10 Pro as my workhorse. At my desk, I use it with a Tripp-Lite powerbar to give me an AC connection, a hard-wired LAN connection, and extra USB ports. Off my desk, I use the surface keyboard and mouse and a wireless LAN connection (very slow). Used to be, when I'd leave my desk, I had to choose my wireless connection from my Netgear router but, when I returned, it would default to my wired connection. Now, my wired connection has just disappeared, as if I've lost the wired network card portion of my Surface Pro. I'm running the latest updates and my drivers are all current. I've been doing business like this for a couple years and I think it's happened once before but shortly after it happened, I had to do a complete remove, reformat, and reinstall the OS and the wired connection reappeared. I have a lot on this Surface and a ground-up is probably in order but, I'd rather not, yet. Anybody got any tricks on how to reestablish the wire? I think I've tried most of them but, I suspect something corrupt in the registry. I'm just not sure how to get just this portion back without redoing everything