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> Grand_Poobah wrote:
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>>> "Grand_Poobah" <whatever@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>>> 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 Yes. I meant exactly that. I have since rebooted it every half hour
and still make connection. I am thinking now that the original setup
when I bought the computer just before Christmas might not have been
completely 'right'. Re-installing the drivers seemed to help.
I am using ZoneAlarm and have turned off Windows Firewall. I've checked
for another firewall but don't see any indication of one. Nothing in
the Add/Remover programs or elsewhere (like the Programs Menu).
I do intend to leave it alone for now until it messes up again.
GP