Ethernet is disabled when play POE

When I start POE, I lose my internet connection via LAN (Wi-Fi still works). It seems that POE corrupt the Ethernet driver. This happends when open POE, I can connect through LAN/Ethernet as long as I don't play POE.

This is not the modem/router problem because when I lose connection on my gaming laptop the other devices can still access the internet.

My ethernet driver is "Realtek PCIe Ethernet Controller Driver"
Last bumped on Apr 19, 2025, 2:00:02 AM
You lose internet connectivity on LAN when you launch the game.

What process needs to happen to restore your LAN connection?
(exit game, reboot PC, disable/reenable network adapter)

This sounds like a 3rd party antivirus/firewall, or internet shield protection software or a chipset driver issue of sorts.

Are you able to use a command prompt and ping Google DNS 8.8.4.4 when you lose your LAN?

A decent thread to reference is here:

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/305066
To restore my LAN connection, I need to close POE and wait for a short time (<1min) the LAN will works again.

I found that when I open POE, my LAN driver will disappear in the device manager list which make the LAN unavailable. However, if I close POE the driver will show up again.

When I lose my LAN connection, I lose the internet connection so I can't ping to anywhere.

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