T510 - wired ethernet blocks Internet connection

I'm getting really frustrated with the Lenovo network management system. It seems overly complex and way too slow. In addition, on my home network, the wireless connection always seems to be favoured.
When I plug in my ethernet connection, the system sees it as an unknown connection and promptly drops Internet access (although I can still see my local network). Even if I do manage to fiddle it into working, as soon as I reboot the Internet connection fails again. Doing a network repair does not work. Often, the only way to get Internet access is to unplug the ethernet cable.
I've fiddled around with this for hours. I've played with all of the options, as well as 'include ethernet connection in location change' but to no avail. I just can't get the ethernet connection to work consistently.
This should be dead simple (and is on all my other computers). You just plug the cable in and it works. I'm open to suggestions....
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GlenT wrote:
If there was a hard power switch on the wireless function, I would just turn it off and run as wired, like I've done on previous machines. I seldom if ever used wireless, but others in the household do, so I can't remove the router.
Hi GlenT,
There is a hardware switch on the left of your T510, the one that has green color.
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