Wireless internet has its advantages, but nothing beats the speed and reliability of a solid, wired Ethernet connection. Ethernet isn’t immune to problems, so if you’re experiencing network adapter driver issues in Windows 10, try some basic quick-fix solutions to resolve network errors.

Ethernet driver errors are not all that different from driver issues related to other aspects of a system. Sometimes driver files become outdated. Other times drivers become corrupted due to an operating system glitch, and in some cases, failing hardware causes drivers to break.

Start with the simplest and most common solutions until you find an approach that works:

Restart the computer. Most problems are related to memory allocation errors, so a restart will flush the memory and often fix the error.