I took the ethernet chord from a computer in the library and connected it to my laptop. this is what the command prompt says before I connected the ethernet.
Host Name................
avid-HP
Primary Dns Suffix......:
Node Type.................:Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled.....:No
WINS Proxy Enabled...:No
Ethernet adapter Local Area connection:
Media State.......................................:Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix............:cmich.edu
Description.........................................:Realtek PCIe FE Family Controller
Physical Address.................................:EC-9A-74-F9-F1-C8
DHCP Enabled....................................:Yes
Autoconfiguration enabled.....................:Yes
Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:
Media State..................................:Media Disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix.......:
Description....................................:Ralink RT5390 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter
Physical Address............................:64-27-37-56-21-95
DHCP Enabled...............................:Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled...............:Yess
Tunnel adapter isatap.cmich.edu:
Media State....................................:Media Disconnected
connection-specific DNS suffix...........:
Description.......................................:Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address..............................:00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled................................:No
Autoconfiguration Enabled................:Yes
Tunnel Adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:
Media State.....................................:Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix..........:
Description......................................:Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical address...............................:00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled.................................:No
Autoconfiguration Enabled..................:Yes
Tunnel adapter isatap.{6116513F-7006-416F-A5E2-2D4162ABF561}:
Media State........................................:Media disconnected
Connection-specifici DNS suffix.............:
Description..........................................:Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #3
Physical Address.................................:00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled....................................:No
Autoconfiguration enabled.....................:Yes
I updated the wireless driver also and it still wont connect.