No internet access

[tahmid133712]

My ethernet is connected, internet browsing works but windows isn't able to connect to it. MS store won't load and I can't get any windows updates. The network says ethernet 2 no internet.

[SupaKomputa]

Check the modem / router if it's working properly.

[Windows7ge]

Well, start simple. Did you try restarting the computer?

[tahmid133712]

1 minute ago, Windows7ge said:

Well, start simple. Did you try restarting the computer?

Yes I have tried reinstalling the network drivers and have restarted the pc many times. I am reinstalling windows right now, I will see if this works.

[Windows7ge]

1 minute ago, tahmid133712 said:

Yes I have tried reinstalling the network drivers and have restarted the pc many times. I am reinstalling windows right now, I will see if this works.

I would have tried booting another install or something like Ubuntu prior to re-installing your whole OS. Would have been a faster/easier test.

[SupaKomputa]

tell me how do you connect the internet?

[EggPlant69]

Try and connect through Ethernet

[Falcon1986]

3 hours ago, EggPlant69 said:

Try and connect through Ethernet

That was stated already in the OP.

 

3 hours ago, tahmid133712 said:

My ethernet is connected, internet browsing works but windows isn't able to connect to it. MS store won't load and I can't get any windows updates. The network says ethernet 2 no internet.

 

In an elevated command prompt (Run As Administrator), enter the following commands one after the other. Wait for the command to execute before proceeding to the next.

ipconfig /flushdns

ipconfig /release

ipconfig /renew

 

If that doesn't work, try manually setting your Primary and Secondary DNS addresses to something else other than "automatic". Go into your network adapter's properties and use any popular 3rd party DNS: e.g. Cloudflare's is 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1.

 

Also, this might not have anything to do with it, but is your system clock set to the correct time? Is it syncing with an internet time server.