Windows Loses Track of Network

Cheemag · 09 Aug 2010

At various times, but mostly after booting, Windows 7 Pro 64-bit loses track of the network, both the local net and Internet.

The light on the Win-7 port on the router is flashing rapidly and continuously and there is no connectivity.

The only way to recover the net is to disable and then re-enable the Local Area
Connection.

Is there a cure for this nonsense?

chev65 · 09 Aug 2010

Usually it's the router in need of a firmware update or the network driver isn't the correct one. This is a very typical problem when one of those isn't correct.

Cheemag · 10 Aug 2010

chev65 said:

Usually it's the router in need of a firmware update or the network driver isn't the correct one. This is a very typical problem when one of those isn't correct.

I have the latest firmware in the router.

Where is the network driver? A Windows-7 driver?

steve-pressman · 10 Aug 2010

Have you tried re-booting your router ? Also you might want to restore it back to it's factory setting and see if that helps.

Steve

Cheemag · 10 Aug 2010

steve-pressman said:

Have you tried re-booting your router ? Also you might want to restore it back to it's factory setting and see if that helps.

Steve

Rebooted it quite often recently for other reasons. It's easier to deactivate then re-activate the Local Area Connection than resetting the modem every time.

It hasn't been a problem today. Perhaps it's gone away - fingers crossed.