Stuart [MVP]

Have you verified the NIC isn't set to allow the computer to turn it off to
save power?
(Power Management Tab in the Device Manager NIC Device properties UI).

I'd further suggest you perform an in-place repair using the original Vista
DVD media.

Stuart.
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"Dave Bonnell" wrote:

> This is a follow-up post to a previous thread I posted titled "Networking
> DOA: Unidentified Network, Access: Local Only" to which I have not received a
> satisfactory response.
>
> All of the details can be found in the above mentioned thread but I will
> summarize the main points of the problem again here for clarity.
>
> * Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet, driver is b57xp32.sys,
> v9.81.0.0, 11/10/2006, service name is b57w2k. I was using an earlier
> driver (v9.52) when it stopped working; upgrading to the latest driver
> (v9.81) made no difference.
> * Was working fine under RC2, worked fine under RTM for about 1 week then
> stopped working completely with the above network status
> * Have tried Network Diagnose/Repair, disabling suspend mode, disabling TCP
> checksum offload, hibernate/resume, uninstalling/re-installing driver,
> manullay setting TCP/IP configuration - problem persists
> * No change to network configuration (router configuration, firewalls, or
> otherwise) and other boxes on the same LAN continue to function and the same
> box when booted in Windows XP Pro operates fine so its not the NIC
> * Nothing in the event logs to indicate a problem with the adapter or
> networking
> * System Information reports that the b57w2k service is "Stopped" and that
> it's start mode is "Manual" so it seems for some reason the driver has been
> stopped and I have no idea why or how to restart it. Disabling/enabling the
> adapter has no affect nor does Network Diagnose/Repair.
>
> HELP!!!!
>
>
> David Bonnell
> BMC Software, Inc