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This will happen for several reasons, the most likely is the cable is plugged into the network card at the computer, but not at the switch or hub. It could also be that the port on the switch the cable is plugged into is disabled, or broken, network card could also be broken.

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Q: Why would the activity lights on the network card not illuminate when plugging the Ethernet cable in?
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