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
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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 |
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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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