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Possible solution to network card drops
Hi folks, I have been searching these forums myself for a possible solution to my random network drops when i'm using my full bandwidth and have noticed that several of you have the same if not similar problems.
When using the troubleshooter the end result is always that my card has lost its default gateway yet is easily fixed.
The drops would only happen during times when i was maxing out my bandwidth and once fixed would either never happen till the next day or within 5 minutes.
I seem to have stumbled upon a possible fix, it certainly seems to have cured my problems so I thought i'd pass it on to you people here as these forums have been extremely helpful with the little tweaks and bugs in Win7
My motherboard has an Nvidia nForce 6 series chipset and an Nvidia nForce 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet onboard port (times two)Hi Guys and Girls
Just wanted to drop a quick message to all of those people who are upgrading to Windows 7 RC from Windows Vista. If you find that your network connection drops and it states that your "Default Gateway was unavailable" when you run the fix this issue tool, then its more than likely that your network card is at fault. I found the best fix for this was to delete the network card from Device Manager, restart the machine and hey presto it stops dropping.
You'll find it tends to drop when you attempt a high bandwidth activity like streaming media from websites. It was very annoying but fortunately deleting the NIC seemed to resolve it.
Just wanted to pass it on!
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- Edited byBackForBreakfast Monday, June 15, 2009 11:41 AM
The source for this tip is Network Connections Drop Periodically in Windows 7 after Upgrading from Windows Vista
And like i said two days running no internet drop, so i hope this helps you guys out like it has me :)
Last edited by DarkMatter; 07 Jul 2009 at 16:07.