Ethernet not working but wifi does

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Hello, I'm not that good with linux so I installed ZorinOS today and I encountered my first problem: I can't use my ethernet connection, but wifi works.
After running this command sudo lshw -C network I get the following output:

  *-network                 
       Beschreibung: Ethernet interface
       Produkt: RTL8125 2.5GbE Controller
       Hersteller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       Physische ID: 0
       Bus-Informationen: pci@0000:08:00.0
       Logischer Name: enp8s0
       Version: 05
       Seriennummer: d8:43:ae:54:2e:83
       KapazitÀt: 1Gbit/s
       Breite: 64 bits
       Takt: 33MHz
       FĂ€higkeiten: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       Konfiguration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=6.8.0-40-generic firmware=rtl8125b-2_0.0.2 07/13/20 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
       Ressourcen: irq:38 ioport:e000(GrĂ¶ĂŸe=256) memory:f6a00000-f6a0ffff memory:f6a10000-f6a13fff
  *-network
       Beschreibung: Kabellose Verbindung
       Produkt: MEDIATEK Corp.
       Hersteller: MEDIATEK Corp.
       Physische ID: 0
       Bus-Informationen: pci@0000:0a:00.0
       Logischer Name: wlp10s0
       Version: 00
       Seriennummer: 4c:82:a9:e5:78:95
       Breite: 64 bits
       Takt: 33MHz
       FĂ€higkeiten: pciexpress msi pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       Konfiguration: broadcast=yes driver=mt7921e driverversion=6.8.0-40-generic firmware=____000000-20231120183441 ip=192.168.178.46 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
       Ressourcen: iomemory:fc0-fbf irq:105 memory:fc30300000-fc303fffff memory:f6900000-f6907fff

Any idea how I can fix it?
Thanks in advance

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Welcome to the Forum!

So, when You use Your Ethernet, you have no Connection, yes? I mean completely no, not only slow. Have You then turned off Wifi or is it on?

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Hello thank you for your answer but sorry im gonna give you a rather disappointing answer but also a good one at the same time: My ethernet is working now. I haven't done really anything after this post. I just installed Java JDK22, vscode and git. I also tried to start zorin OS with an earlier kernel version (I think .35) but that didnt boot up and I was stuck on a black screen for solid 2 minutes so I forced shutdown my PC, restarted and now I have ethernet connection. My driver is still the same, it's very odd.

To your question, I really had no ethernet connection whatsoever, when I turned off wifi I had no internet connection

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That is not disappointing at all. When it works now, it works. That is what matters. Sometimes it is simply the Ghost in the Machine.

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