Vista network Q -- Anyone else have this?

[X2 3800]

About 50% of the time, but unpredictably, when I boot my machine the network adapter will not connect to the Internet.

The fix is easy -- uninstall the network adapter (10/100 LAN port) in Device Manager, and then sit back while Vista automatically detects/reinstalls the adapter. Still, a minor pita to have to step through the uninstall/install routine, so I'd like to get to the bottom of the issue.

Specs:
Asus M2N32 SLI Deluxe, onboard Ethernet (CAT 5 cable to router), Vista 32-bit, nVidia 15.00 motherboard drivers

Any ideas? Thanks!
Mark

 

[Brazen]

when it doesn't connecting have you tried doing "repair" on the adapter?

 

[X2 3800]

Yes -- I did that the first couple times this occurred. Vista goes through its routine, then reports it can't fix the problem. I found the simple uninstall/reinstall fix as a result of hunting around for a solution after trying "repair." I'm curretnly wondering whether the issue is an nVidia 15.00 drivers problem; guess I'll post over in their site.

Thanx,

 

[Brazen]

Originally posted by: X2 3800
Yes -- I did that the first couple times this occurred. Vista goes through its routine, then reports it can't fix the problem. I found the simple uninstall/reinstall fix as a result of hunting around for a solution after trying "repair." I'm curretnly wondering whether the issue is an nVidia 15.00 drivers problem; guess I'll post over in their site.

Thanx,

I suppose the only way to really find out is to try using Windows XP or a Linux distro, such as Ubuntu, and see if the problem shows up under those. If it does, I would say it is a hardware problem, albeit an odd one. If it does not happen, I would say it is a Vista driver problem.

 

[InlineFive]

From my understanding intermittent connection issues and long connection times may be a result of Vista having TCP Window Scaling enabled by default. It was not available (in such an advanced form in Windows XP).

Apparently some less expensive consumer devices have problems with this. Try checking to see if your gateway has any firmware updates.

 

[AMCRambler]

I had Vista do some weird crap at a friends house with a home network router. For some reason the network adapter on the vista machine ditched the normal DHCP setting of 192.168.x.x and actually picked up an ip in the range of what the dsl modem had, 74.x.x.x. Weirdest thing. I eventually gave up trying to get it to pick up a normal DHCP address and made it static. The only reason we noticed it was because the printer shared off the pc became inaccessible and none of the other computers on the network could connect to the web. Next time it happens check the IP on your network card just for hahas.

 

[X2 3800]

Thanks -- I'll take a look at that.

Mark