Windows 7 - Problems with atheros L1 ethernet adapter in Win7 x64

I have an easy solution!

Buy a new networkcard :P
Did´nt find any other solution so thats what i did. Now i works perfectly :P

I got my CD that came with my motherboard (ASUS P5B-MX) and I ran the LAN driver install in compatibility mode with Windows Vista and installed the Vista Attansic LAN controller. Everything seems to be running well, I'll keep you posted.

(was able to watch Netflix on my PS3 using Playon for the first time in a few weeks, since I upgraded to 7)

ok i removed the driver win 7 installed. Reinstalled the updated driver from asus web site in win vista compatability mode. reboot pc and change power settings so pc cannot go to sleep or hibernate and all is working good now. hope this helps someone.

Sorry after a while this stopped working as well

I'll try setting up the previous drivers in compatibility mode and if this doesn't work I' ll buy a new network card as well.

i have same issue with same mb. However i had a win 7 freezing issue with my first driver, microsoft released an updated driver so i installed that. Everything was fine for a few days, now streaming video from NAS thru Windows 7 to xbox flakes out after about 20min of watching. Do we have a definite fix?


by the way im running Windows 7 x64 RTM (7600.win7_rtm.090713-1255),

Well my file transfers started acting up again too. I want to stay with win 7 so i ordered a new gigabit lan card from new egg. they have some on sale for 8$ so i got 2 and a gigabit switch all for 55$. This atheros lan has been problems since asus started using it. Time for it to be disabled.

I also got this problem: When transfering large amounts of data over the network the network card would disconnect, requiring a "disable/enable" to fix.

I am running Windows 7 64 bit RTM and the latest Atheros driver (2.4.7.27).

To resolve, I went into the driver properties, clicked Advanced / Task Offload, and I turned this feature off.

Now, the driver works fine for me

mpowrie,

Thanks for posting, that fixed my problems as well!

Dies when doing large data transfer. Fails when 250 to 750 meg of data transferred. On cmd line will ping its address, Shows its address with ipconfig /all but no connection to network. Must pwr off - on or disable enable network adapter to restart and then ok. Did the (modify Task offload to off, in Network driver property under advance) found on this board and now have transferred multiple Gig of data from one PC to another which has not worked since up grading to windows 7. If fails again will update this forum message. Now running down level Driver (2.4.7.10) from asus. Removed the two driver from windows 7 and updated windows driver to try and resolve problem with no help. Supect that this modify may also make those drivers work correctly.

Hi,

I'm having the same problem. I also noticed that ping router works, ping my fileserver works and ping 127.0.0.1 works. BUT ping localhost didnt work. It tried to ping address ::1: (yes, ::1: is correct, not a typo or misunderstading )

Now have now set this two options differently:

1. Network and Internet > Network sharing center > Advanced sharing settings and from there "File sharing connections". It was set to "Use 128-bit plaa plaa.." and I changed it to "Enable file sharing on devices that use 40- or 56-bit encryption"

2. I went into the driver properties, clicked Advanced / Task Offload, and I turned this feature off. Just like mpowrie told us to do.

I will see if these two help. If it does, I will try to turn those settings back, one at the time to see which one was the killer move. Gonna let you guys know later today o/

After test

Well.. I did perform an operation succesfully without the ::1: bug that kills the network connection.

BUT I still have problem moving with filetransfer from fileserver. The transfer will just... calculate :<