RDP disconnected and “Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)” became disabled:
ipconfig displayed the following:
Windows IP Configuration
Ethernet adapter vEthernet (External Virtual Switch):
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::d51:fb34:f27:28b5%22
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.119.152
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
Wireless LAN adapter Wi-Fi:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : lan
Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 1:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 2:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Ethernet adapter vEthernet (Default Switch):
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::8a2f:88cb:75a9:fd6%38
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 172.22.64.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.240.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
Ethernet adapter vEthernet (WSL (Hyper-V firewall)):
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::4d32:d0ce:7247:fb10%51
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 172.29.208.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.240.0
When I enabled “Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)”:
ipconfig displayed this:
Ethernet adapter Ethernet:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
and within about 5 minutes it displayed this:
Ethernet adapter Ethernet:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.239.250
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
and I found this in the event viewer:
Log Name: System
Source: e1dexpress
Date: 9/19/2025 2:05:44 PM
Event ID: 27
Task Category: None
Level: Warning
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: Lenovo16
Description:
Intel(R) Ethernet Connection (23) I219-V
Network link is disconnected.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="e1dexpress" />
<EventID Qualifiers="40964">27</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>3</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2025-09-19T11:05:44.4040490Z" />
<EventRecordID>10727</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="4" ThreadID="11100" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>Lenovo16</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>
</Data>
<Data>Intel(R) Ethernet Connection (23) I219-V</Data>
<Binary>0000040002003000000000001B0004A00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001B0004A0</Binary>
</EventData>
</Event>
but this probably means that I unplugged the cable, but not that something interesting happened.
I rebooted my laptop and it helped:
Windows IP Configuration
Ethernet adapter Ethernet:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.145
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Ethernet adapter vEthernet (External Virtual Switch):
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::d51:fb34:f27:28b5%9
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.119.152
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
Wireless LAN adapter Wi-Fi:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 1:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Ethernet adapter vEthernet (Default Switch):
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::8a2f:88cb:75a9:fd6%27
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 172.30.16.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.240.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
