Vista - Vista DNS problem with Router + Blue screen on driver update

Background:
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I have a Vista laptop and a CompUSA router (at my house). I was having a XP
tablet PC which worked like a charm - I open it, plug in the Ethernet wire
and it gets connected, no problem. But with Vista, it doesn't work like
that. I have to POWER RESET my router everytime to get my internet
connectivity working. Without the power reset, my vista computer can see my
other computer on the network, but the DNS configuration somehow doesn't
seem to work

My computer details:
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Machine - Companq NC 8430 (2 GB memory)
Network adapter - Broadcom NetXTreme
Router - CompUSA router

What I tried:
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I thought I may need to update the driver, so went to the Broadcom site and
downloaded the latest driver.
http://www.broadcom.com/docs/driver_...-10.8.0.0a.zip.
After this, the functionality seems to work OK. But Vista started
bluescreening every 4-5 hrs or whenever I went to standby and back (not sure
exactly what's the cause). So, I have now reverted back the driver install.

Any ideas/tips would help.


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see the reply in the other thread where you posted the same issue

On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 21:48:28 -0700, "Pradeep GanapathyRaj [MSFT]"
<pgan@microsoft.com> wrote:

>Background:
>=========
>I have a Vista laptop and a CompUSA router (at my house). I was having a XP
>tablet PC which worked like a charm - I open it, plug in the Ethernet wire
>and it gets connected, no problem. But with Vista, it doesn't work like
>that. I have to POWER RESET my router everytime to get my internet
>connectivity working. Without the power reset, my vista computer can see my
>other computer on the network, but the DNS configuration somehow doesn't
>seem to work
>
>My computer details:
>===============
>Machine - Companq NC 8430 (2 GB memory)
>Network adapter - Broadcom NetXTreme
>Router - CompUSA router
>
>What I tried:
>=========
>I thought I may need to update the driver, so went to the Broadcom site and
>downloaded the latest driver.
>http://www.broadcom.com/docs/driver_...-10.8.0.0a.zip.
>After this, the functionality seems to work OK. But Vista started
>bluescreening every 4-5 hrs or whenever I went to standby and back (not sure
>exactly what's the cause). So, I have now reverted back the driver install.
>
>Any ideas/tips would help.
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