Grand_Poobah wrote:
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>> "Grand_Poobah" <whatever@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:eZf6JLrbJHA.1284@xxxxxx Quote:
>>> Next step: email NVIDIA tech support and see if there are any updated
>>> drivers higher than 67.7.6.1 for my network adapter. Their web site
>>> is set up totally for video drivers and doesn't show any network
>>> adapters in their product list (strange?).
>>
>> Not at all. AFAIK NVIDIA make graphics cards, not Network adapters.
>> >
> That's what I though also Gordon but Device Manager doggedly insists
> that my two adapters are:
>
> Atheros AR5009 802.11a/g/n WiFi Adapter
> NVIDIAnForce 10/100/1000 Mbps Networking Controller
>
> I cannot find anything anywhere relating to the NVIDIA networking device
> other than some Google hits reporting some similar problems as those I
> am having. I suppose it is possible that it is 'spoofing' (for lack of
> a better word) DM and reporting it is a network controller but why will
> it connect to the web then? I think this may have been some sort of
> experiment by NVIDIA into the networking arena and the drivers just
> don't work right.
>
> The next thing is to try and remove the NVIDIA drivers totally (backing
> them up somewhere safe) and see if I can reboot and have Vista assign
> different drivers to it.
>
> I do have an NVIDIA GeForce 8200G M video card in the laptop also. Nvidia makes motherboards and on those motherboards are onboard network
adapters.
Just as a WAG, did you also install the Nvidia Firewall that sometimes comes
along with those adapter drivers? If yes, I'd uninstall that. You may be
getting conflicts with the Windows Firewall. I also forgot to ask you what
security software you have installed. I've seen instances where a client
had McAfee (shudder!) installed and that program was blocking the ethernet
adapter.
You said:
"I uninstalled the computer's adapter (NVIDIAnForce 10/100/1000 Adapter)
rebooted and re-installed the adapter. Through three reboots now it has
connected every time. Each reboot was checked with an online site for
access. I intend to see if NVIDIA has any updated or newer drivers for
this adapter."
So does this mean that the wired NIC is now working? If it is, leave well
enough alone!
Malke
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