How to install the network driver?

Internet does not work? The network cable is normal, the clip is not broken, the provider reports that the network is stable, but you do not have a connection. The most common reason for this situation is that the network card is not responding. This is usually caused by the lack of the required driver. You can find out how to check if the driver is installed from our article How to check the driver.

How to install a network driver without an Internet connection

First, we'll find drivers. Well, if there is a driver disk, but what if it does not exist? Let's look for the driver in the computer's memory.

1. Open the "Device Manager" ("My Computer" - "Open the Control Panel" (upper console) - "Device Manager").
2. In the appeared list of devices in the section "Networkadapters "look at the equipment, about which there is an exclamation mark. This indicates that there is no driver for the device. Right click on the device and select "Update drivers".
3. In this window, we prefer manual installation. The system immediately offers a list of previously installed drivers. Select one driver from the list and click "Next". The system will notify you of the progress of the installation. We reboot the PC and try to access the Internet.
4. When there is a system message of absenceinstalled driver, we repeat all the operations listed until the driver is selected from the list and in the presented list we select the next driver. We will repeat operations until the necessary driver is installed. Once on the network, we update the driver to the latest version.

How to install the network adapter driver from the Internet

To access the Internet as an adapter, you can use a cellular phone. Before you start looking for a driver on the Internet, you need to know what to look for. For this:

1. We go to the "Device Manager" on the above scheme and find our device.
2. Click on it with the right mouse button, which allows you to select the "Properties" tab.
3. In the new window, we prefer the "Details" section.
4. In the menu that appears, select the section "IDequipment ". Several numbers appear in the field, which will look something like this: PCIVEN_10EC & DEV_8139 & CC_0200. We need the shortest of them (usually the last one on the list).
5. Click on it with the right mouse button and select "Copy".
6. We paste the copied element into the search string of the browser.
7. Among the opened Internet pages we select the necessary driver, download and install in the usual mode, like any other program (by clicking "Next" and accepting the terms of use).

How to install drivers on a network card using another computer

1. Under the above scheme, we download the information we needdriver from the Internet. The only difference is that we will use the "hardware ID" of the computer for which you need a driver, and you will have to manually enter the number in the search string.
2. The downloaded driver is transferred to removable media, for example, a flash card, and installed on your computer.

With the driver installed, the Internet is ready to work again, as it was before the breakdown.