"Ghost network" serious network adapter bug

John -- my Dell E520 seems to have corrected itself as well over the past few days, although I couldn't even begin to tell you exactly when. Perhaps Microsoft snuck a fix for this into a recent update.

Hi,

I have just upgraded from Windows Vista Ultimate to Windows 7 RC1, Build 7100. My machine is a Dell 8400 with a 'Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Controller' and I am using a NetGear DG834GT router.

I now have a problem accessing the Internet when I first boot up into Windows 7. However, if I disable and then enable the controller, using 'Device Manager', I am then able to access the Internet. This has been reported previously. However, I have included below full outputs from ipconfig/all to see if this throws any light on the problem.

1) Output from ipconfig/all imediately following a boot-up
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Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : GWG1
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-11-31-98-43
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::cc5e:7f8a:6ee0:1515%13(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.2(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 01 June 2009 14:50:48
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 04 June 2009 14:50:47
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 268439825
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-0F-C8-91-58-00-11-11-31-98-43
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter isatap.{30E603CA-2F23-4D9A-9236-049293165439}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

2) Output from ipconfig/all following a disable then enable of controller
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Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : GWG1
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-11-31-98-43
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::cc5e:7f8a:6ee0:1515%13(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.2(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 01 June 2009 11:15:23
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 04 June 2009 11:15:22
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 268439825
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-0F-C8-91-58-00-11-11-31-98-43
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter isatap.{30E603CA-2F23-4D9A-9236-049293165439}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:d5c7:a2d6:1c50:f81:a97b:dfc0(Preferred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::1c50:f81:a97b:dfc0%12(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

If anybody can help it would be greatly appreciated.

Regards.

I had this same problem with the earlier builds of 7, but it went away after a clean install of RC. Then I installed Adobe CS3 and *BAM* the problem came back. Each day I had to fight with trying to get network access working - disable/enable/reboot/etc! The 'tale-tale' sign is the 0.0.0.0 default gateway - when the network was working, the default gateway was correct.

I looked at the services running and found a weird one at the very top of the list: ##Id_String1.6844F930_1628_4223_B5CC_5BB94B879762##

This is the the Adobe Bonjour Service.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonjour_(software)

I turned it off and set it to 'disabled' so it won't start up again. This has solved my problem!

Give it a shot... hopefully it solves your problem too.

-Josh

Hi Josh,

Thanks a lot. Your suggestion worked a treat now network controller initializes on boot-up :)

Much appreciated.

Regards,

Graham

i had the same problem,from the start,from build 6956 to 7100,and i did all that u tried,no point,my answer to this problem was just --add your gateway ip adresss in WINS in IPv4---,this helped me,and everyone that i told.so i hope it will help u to

Hi srq2625,

Thanks for the suggestion. Disabling the Adobe Bonjour service did cure my problem. However, I will also investigate a new firmware for my Netgear DG834GT router as another service may also cause a similar problem.

Thanks again, Graham.

Hi srq2625,

Sorry to hear the problem has recurred. There may be other services that cause the same problem as Bonjour. Unfortunately, I cannot advise you how to go about finding a rogue service, but maybe another user can help :)

Good luck,

Graham

Hi,

Instead of disabling the Bonjour Service I set its startup property to:

Automatic (Delayed Start)

This cured the problems.

Regards