I set windows defender to run a full scan and left it and have just come back to see all your replies will do my best to work my way through all the suggestions. What do the green and orange light mean on ethernet.

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Ethernet port blinking orange windows 10. Green light a good connection exists between a 10 mbps network and the computer. When the orange led is on the port is being connected but no data is being transferred. I plugged in and out the cable there was still amber light not the white light. Fix windows 10 update issues. View solution in original post message 2 of 4. Activity light on integrated network adapter.
I noticed that there is amber light at wired ethernet port when i powered on the laptop. Unfortunately no matter what port or cable i use my ethernet port still is unresponsive to it all and still has the constant orange light. Yours are alternating colors. When the orange led is off no data is being transferred. Thanks so much to everyone offering help. Off no light the computer is not detecting a physical connection to the network.
Orange usually means 10mbps fast and green usually means 100mbps very fast. There are no wired network adapter shows in device manager as well. Any steps i should take to help fin out more on this problem or a solution is greatly appreciated. On an ethernet connection usually the lamp colors are related to connection speed. Incessant amber light blinking for ethernet port the orange color makes since the router you have is 10100mb wired lan port so the fastest speed t can handle is around a 100mb and flashing of the internet light is normal it would be green if a 1gb lan port was used. When the orange led is blinking data is being transferred.
On the ethernet port. Orange light a good connection exists between a 100 mbps network and the computer. Flashing orange light in ethernet port. When the green led is on there is 10100100mbps traffic.