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PL1200 won't show up on my adapter list
I just recently had to reinstall windows because it was damaged by force restarting my computer and that caused all my settings to be erased. I had been happily connected to the Powerline before, but...
Network adapter card / driver not installed correctly after Windows rebuild ?
Network adapter card / driver not installed correctly after Windows rebuild ?
Ok, so that helped me a ton. I looked online and apparently under Device Manager, my ethernet cable should not be labeled as Ethernet Controller, but it is. It says it needs an update, but I am not sure how I might go about getting that update when I tried to scan the internet for it, but it didn't work.
If you don't know the make and model of your motherboard run the Belarc adviser free software:
http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html
From that you can identify your motherboard details. Once you have these go to the manufacturer's website and download network adapter drivers and install.
Hope this helps
Exactly as you said, I just had to go download a couple drivers, and boom, connected. Thanks a lot!