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Internet Loss/no connect
Here's an interesting trouble, but certainly not a fun one.
I have a fairly new PC, (1yr) Core 2, and everything with it. Had XP installed on it, EVERYTHING worked 1000. No issues whatsoever. Switched over to FIOS with a 2nd generation Actiontec Router, still no problems at all.
Did a clean install of Windows 7. Bingo. Internet connectivity problems.
I have tried 4 different NICs, and recently purchased a brand new D Link Windows 7 approved card. They all perform the same. Lost connections, and failure to link up.
The drivers in the NIC are the most recent (for Win7). I have tried the range of everything that I can think of...the way to get the PC working is as follows: Boot up to Win 7 and the traingle of death comes up. Turn on another PC (with XP) that's connected to the same router and open up the router to check settings. Just look at the settings, change a setting, then change it back, and presto....the Win 7 machine gets connected.
This method will get the Windows 7 machine up and running fine until a re-boot on the 7 machine. then it's back to the traingle of death.
Ok, so the drivers are up-to-date, plugging and re-plugging the ethernet cable does nothing, un-checking IP6 does nothing, the problem is not with the NIC card, since I have tried these 4 cards with updated drivers and it's the same thing.
The Asus board has a built in NIC, ( N Videa) I can either enable that or disable, no difference.
When I do an IPCONFIG and the machine is up, it comes back 100%.
When I check IPCONFIG (and the machine is not connected) it shows a loss of connection between the PC and the router.
So, I'm thinkin' that somehow this is an issue with the Actiontec FIOS router and the software.
I'm getting real frustrated at this point...