I tried downloading an original Fortnite season through a third-party project, and afterward both my Wi‑Fi and Ethernet stopped working. Windows stays on "Identifying network," then changes to "Unidentified network" with no internet access. My Ethernet connection worked normally before this happened. Has anyone dealt with this or know what steps could fix it?
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Try booting Windows into Safe Mode with Networking. If the connection works there, the downloaded project may have installed software or changed a network setting. I’d uninstall anything related to it, run a full antivirus scan, and then reset the network stack from an administrator Command Prompt with `netsh winsock reset`, `netsh int ip reset`, and `ipconfig /flushdns`. Restart afterward. Also check whether your computer receives an IP address with `ipconfig`; an address starting with 169.254 usually means it isn’t communicating with the router.
The Ethernet connection worked before I installed it, but now it just stays on identifying and then becomes an unidentified network. I’ll try Safe Mode and the network reset steps.