No internet connection on my Root Server

Hello, I have exactly same issue "Unidentified Network" in my Windows Server 2025.

Already installed drivers but I don't have connection. I did ping to gateway address provided by netcup but it is unreachable, does it means that netcup didn't give me internet connection? Or is it my failure configuration?

Did you solved the issue? Can you give me some hints to solve it? Thank you in advance!

sry for grave-diggin

i do understand why a newbie wants a windows server - because they are used to windows at home-pc -> but believe me: its a really really really bad idea!

windows servers are something that ONLY professionals "should/have to" use -> they are so vulnerable and provide no benefit for private use...

like 75% of EXE software can be found for linux - for the remaining windows-only software we have wine - for the last 1% you simply either dont have it or use a VM with hardened Win7/10 (yet netcup doesnt allow nested vms - afaik)

like for 99,5% of private users its best to go with a linux server
- choose debain or ubuntu = you have tons of documentation and can find lots of help from the community
- requires only little hardening to be secure*ish

- can easily do almost everything you need from a server

for all beginners thinking about windows servers -> a server is a server and not a desktop-home-pc = and if you really really want to click stuff on a gui you can install that on your linux server too -> lxde looks like windows and is quiet easy for your server to run and you can connect via vnc or rdp

pro-tip for all beginners: UPDATE YOUR SERVER REGULARY (like at least once a week, or write a script that does that for you, or install a server-administration-software where you can automate stuff and also update manual -> there are quiet some good options out there)

In case someone else needs this information

As I understand, DHCP is not available on netcup, and you need to manually specify the IP address, subnet, and gateway for the internet connection.

I managed to set up the internet manually by changing the adapter settings in Windows 2025.

You’ll need the server information from SCP, under the Network tab.

In Windows go to network adapter settings:

Settings -> Network & internet -> Advanced network settings -> Ethernet -> More adapter options -> Edit

For IPv4 I specified the IP and gateway from the SCP settings, and I also set the subnet mask to 255.255.252.0 (since my IP had postfix /22).

I also specified DNS 1.1.1.1 and 8.8.8.8 – you may prefer different ones in your case.

If needed, you can enter IPv6 data based on the SCP information, but this is probably optional (I just unchecked it).

After all this i just rebooted the server.