Problems with atheros L1 ethernet adapter in Win7 x64

verahert · Mar 23, 2009

Hi, i have windows 7 x86 build 7022, with an onboard ethernet adapter "atheros L1" with vista drivers, RUN OK. I installed Win7 x64 uild 7057 with the same drivers, but the problem is that after a few minutes the network adapter looks "unplugged" if i restart win7 the problem disappear... but did not have that problem before with win7 X86 build 7022.
And is very tiring, restart the computer each time this happens.

Sorry for my bad english.

limneos · Mar 24, 2009

Hello Verahert...

What system are you running this on?
Please post your motherboard/system model so we can assist

Also try changing this value under Network and Sharing Center - Homegroup and Sharing Options - Change advanced sharing settings :

sunq · Aug 17, 2009

limneos said:
Hello Verahert...

What system are you running this on?
Please post your motherboard/system model so we can assist

Also try changing this value under Network and Sharing Center - Homegroup and Sharing Options - Change advanced sharing settings :

Hi!

I have almost the same problem as Verahert.
I have atheros l1 gigabit ethernet and when i try to stream movies or tv-series from my PC to my mac it disconnects and then i have to Disable the network and Enable it again.

My PC has a ASUS P5K SE motherboard and a E6750 CPU.

But i have no problems at all to surf the web, download something from FTP and things like that.

You wrote: "Also try changing this value under Network and Sharing Center - Homegroup and Sharing Options - Change advanced sharing settings"
What should it say?
Should i have "Use 128-bit encryption" or "Enable file sharing for devices that use 40 - 56bit encryption" ?

Thank you for your help!

chrisborah · Aug 28, 2009

I'm having a very similar (if not the same issue). Internet connection works fine normally, but when I connect to my PlayOn media server via the network (both computer and PS3 are wired) my computer loses connection to the internet and I get either a 2104 or 2114 media server error on my PS3. It is highly frustrating because we cannot access the internet or TV from our Linksys Media Center extender as well, because it will not connect either.

Note: internet connection never drops. Can still connect to internet via wireless. This is a problem with the Atheros L1 Gigabit Ethernet driver for Win7x64... anyone know of a fix?

chrisborah · Aug 28, 2009

I think I might've figured out the issue. In the advanced sharing settings you need to enable media sharing to your LAN (mine wasn't enabled by default). So far so good, I'll let you know if this is actually the issue, who knows.

chrisborah · Aug 28, 2009

Well... that wasn't it. Anyone else?

sunq · Aug 29, 2009

chrisborah said:
Well... that wasn't it. Anyone else?

I have media sharing enabled as well. So that did´nt help :/
Damn ASUS, why can´t they release a driver for Atheros L1 Ethernet... :/

zigzag3143 · Aug 29, 2009

sung, chris

Have you guys tried using the vista driver installed in compatibility mode?

Ken

sunq · Aug 30, 2009

zigzag3143 said:
sung, chris

Have you guys tried using the vista driver installed in compatibility mode?

Ken

Yes, that´s what i did. I installed the Vista 64-bit driver.
Still does not work :/

Ganju · Sep 16, 2009

Hello guys.Sorry for digging up this thread but I have the same problem. My Asus P5K mobo has an Atheros L1 controller. When I start downloading a torrent it appears like the cable is unplugged. i thought the problem was with the router but i recently installed a second PC on it and while my PC shows unplugged,my second PC works fine and has access to Internet. Same when i relog on Win XP. Has anyone come up with a solution?

sunq · Sep 19, 2009

Ganju said:
Hello guys.Sorry for digging up this thread but I have the same problem. My Asus P5K mobo has an Atheros L1 controller. When I start downloading a torrent it appears like the cable is unplugged. i thought the problem was with the router but i recently installed a second PC on it and while my PC shows unplugged,my second PC works fine and has access to Internet. Same when i relog on Win XP. Has anyone come up with a solution?

I have an easy solution!

Buy a new networkcard

Did´nt find any other solution so thats what i did. Now i works perfectly

chrisborah · Sep 19, 2009

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)

robert728 · Sep 22, 2009

It works

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

Ganju · Sep 22, 2009

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.

Lunarpancake · Sep 22, 2009

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 win7 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),

robert728 · Sep 23, 2009

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.

mpowrie · Oct 20, 2009

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

zha93 · Nov 3, 2009

mpowrie,

Thanks for posting, that fixed my problems as well!

tkobie · Nov 3, 2009

Netword adapter atheros L1 gigabit on asus p5b-mx MB

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.

delffi · Nov 4, 2009

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 :<

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