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Network DC Issue.. with a twist.
Heyas,
So I am having to the same problem that a lot of other people are having. And my housemate refuses to blame anything other than Windows 7. It was fine for about 2 days, then I get the dreaded Triangle, and it saying I have 'No Network Access', I troubleshoot to no avail, at first it was just that I was connected to the network, but no access type.
I have tried everything. BUT on top of this constant disconnection every few hours, my housemate says his Limited or No Connectivity is because of this. He refuses to believe otherwise, because it all started messing up once I got Windows 7, he has XP btw - we share nothing except Internet.
We did have duplicate IPs when my network decided to reconnect at some random time, so I did a /release /renew and it seems to have fixed that. But its almost like we both cant be on at the same time.
I have disabled IPv6. And I checked, both my firewall, and his.
And I also reloaded the Firmware to the router, but cant get the newest one because it downloads as a .chk file and my router doesn't accept that file type (if anyone can give me some pointers on that too)
The router is a Netgear DG834v5. This is the firmware I cant seem to use -
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My network card is a Atheros L1 Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Base-T Controller, with up to date drivers.
Screenshots included for extra thoroughness..
Please help, or hes going to make me uninstall.. or just keep me unplugged. And yes.. he IS what your thinking.