realtek network controller

hi

so tonight my comptuer woke from sleep mode and I had no internet. I checked my ethernet connection and the light was a solid orange. I tried ipconfig /all but the controller isn't showing up. I then went to device manager and checked for it, it wasnt showing up there either. I then tried showing hidden devices and it showed up. When i checked the properties it says

"Currently, this hardware device is not connected to the computer. (Code 45) To fix this problem, reconnect this hardware device to the computer."

I've tried everything i could think of. ran multiple windows troubleshooters, found the latest driver for "Realtek Gaming 2.5GbE Family Controller", updated it, didnt work. I reset winsock, tried it in safe mode with networking and other stuff like flushing the dns and turning off fast boot.

I finally uninstalled the device completely and restarted, but upon restarting, it just disappeared completely from my device manager list instead of reinstalling. so I restored my pc back a couple days and now its back when i show hidden devices. i can still ping 127.0.0.1 with my wifi disabled but i can't connect to the internet with a wired connection.