windows 7 and netgear dg83g v3 wireless router

[ryanfitton]

i have a problem with my computer and my wireless rputer, the problem is that when my computer is turned on tge ethernet port numer 1 light on my router is green and that is how it is supposed to be, however when i shut my computer down the light for ethernet port 1 goes orange, but when my computer get switched it changes back to green on windows 7's login screen.

this was working fine a couple of days ago howevr it has just started happening, i have tried the lead in different ethernet ports on my router and tried using a different ethernet cable. i have aso u ninstalled and reinstalled the driver for my computers ethernet port, my ethernet port is built in to my motherboard.

os: windows 7: home premium, 64-bit
router: netgear dg835g v3 with latest firmware

 

[Crispy]

1. Try power cycling the modem: unplug the power from the modem for about 15 seconds and then plug it back in.
2. Download the latest version of your NIC drivers.

 

[aem]

I find it strange how you are using wireless, yet the router sees the connection as a LAN port connection.

 

[ryanfitton]

I am not using wireless, my computer is plugged into the router using an ethernet cable

 

[ryanfitton]

the netgear pdf manual for my router says that the orange light ion the Ethernet port goes orange (or amber) because the router has detected it as a 10Mps device instead of a 100Mps device, however when the computer is running the router sees it as a 100Mps device but when it is shut down it is seen as a 10Mps device. how can i make the router see my computer as a 100Mps device all the time even when switched off?

 

[aem]

Oh ok, didnt realised you were using cables. The fluctuation of the link speeds could be a feature of the card or a driver issue. Just a background on what i have seen before with a laptop at my workplce, the link speed changes from 100Mps (using power mains) to 10Mps when we unplugged the main and use battery. The fix we had there was updating the driver. This could what you need to check. The driver is a Network type driver.

 

[ryanfitton]

well windows 7 has automatically updated the driver but i have rolled back to the previous in windows and still did not work. however i will try downloading an older one form the manufacturers website

 

[aem]

well windows 7 has automatically updated the driver but i have rolled back to the previous in windows and still did not work. however i will try downloading an older one form the manufacturers website

What aren't you trying to use the latest from the vendor/manufacturers? What is the driver that w7 is using? is is a builtin driver?

Can you screenshot the device's Properties > Details tab, and select from Property drop down to Hardware Id.

 

[ryanfitton]

im not sure if it is a built in driver or not :-/
i have attached the screenshot as an attachment

 

[ryanfitton]

i have now got it working correctly by changing the "Speed/Duplex settings" from auto negotiation to 100 mb full duplex