"Ethernet" Connection Drop

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  1. Posts : 48
    Windows 7 7265 x64
       #181

    Downloaded the entire Win 7 RC last night without a hitch and for the past two hours have been doing the same download and a large P2P file simultaneously. Don't have any idea what was going on before but it seems to have resolved itself.
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  2. Posts : 1,179
       #182

    Power Management Properties on NIC Adapter


    Yesterday I rec'd a new update using WUv4, part of it included a NEW NIC adapter driver. Really thought nothing about it.
    today, I noticed that suddenly I was dropping internet connection and then almost instantly it would recover. Once- twice- then almost constantly for the past 1 hr. I decided to roll back to the old driver, first I checked to see exactly which driver was currently install, to check the date, ( wow, then i deciced to check power management properties, it was defaulted to x allow this to shutdown to conserve energy, x allow this driver to awake when needed.) Pure crap to have (IMHO) any NIC driver set this way. Yes, I did uncheck allow to shutdown to save energy.

    Now back to no internet connections being dropped.
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  3. Posts : 24
    Windows 7 Build 7229
       #183

    Well, count me as one of those for whom 7127 didn't fix the problem. (Again, I'm running off of my motherboard's LAN, so it isn't wireless.) I've had two situations where my internet connection died, to be "fixed" only by a reboot. (In one of the two, curiously, my "Network--Internet Access" task-bar icon showed that while I was still connected to the router, I was't connected to the internet--although troubleshooting couldn't detect any problem, hence the reboot. The other time--as has occurred in the past--my "Network--Internet Access" icon shows no problem, even as I need to reboot to reconnect.)

    And, again unlike some others, this has never occurred to me while just downloading (even really large files, such as 7 RC or 7127). I only notice it when trying to load a new page--which is not to say it necessarily is connected with loading new pages (it could occur while just "statically" looking at a loaded page), but that this is when I first notice the problem).

    Anyway, the bottom line for me is that 7127 isn't the magic bullet. Fortunately, this only occurs (for me) once every day or two, so it isn't so disruptive as to drive me back to Vista (or to drink)....
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  4. Posts : 995
    XP/win7 x86 build 7127
       #184

    URTHJ said:
    Well, count me as one of those for whom 7127 didn't fix the problem. (Again, I'm running off of my motherboard's LAN, so it isn't wireless.) I've had two situations where my internet connection died, to be "fixed" only by a reboot. (In one of the two, curiously, my "Network--Internet Access" task-bar icon showed that while I was still connected to the router, I was't connected to the internet--although troubleshooting couldn't detect any problem, hence the reboot. The other time--as has occurred in the past--my "Network--Internet Access" icon shows no problem, even as I need to reboot to reconnect.)

    And, again unlike some others, this has never occurred to me while just downloading (even really large files, such as 7 RC or 7127). I only notice it when trying to load a new page--which is not to say it necessarily is connected with loading new pages (it could occur while just "statically" looking at a loaded page), but that this is when I first notice the problem).

    Anyway, the bottom line for me is that 7127 isn't the magic bullet. Fortunately, this only occurs (for me) once every day or two, so it isn't so disruptive as to drive me back to Vista (or to drink)....
    next time instead of troubleshooting, just disable/enable, tell me if that fixes it. I have little faith in the troubleshooter at this point in time still.

    I didnt quite understand by your statements if you mean that the icon IS reporting correctly, or isnt. This is the main problem that 27 fixed. The issue of drops, be it ethernet or wireless, still has to do with proper drivers. I've had the power save both on and off during all this time, and i fail to see the corresponding relationship between any drops or no drops. This goes for the wireless laptop which currently still has no issues with connectivity while still on 7100. Tho it has a proper driver for the intel wireless pro a/b/g adapter. As well as my desktop and the nvidia controller, no drops occuring either, thankfully. Tomorrow hopefully, i will begin to test out my own wireless pre-existing issue here on the desktop. Maybe that will give some insight.
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  5. Posts : 92
    Windows 7 dual with XP SP2 ((Highly Custom))
       #185

    I'm just sticking to XP these days.
    W7 obviously excaserbated the LAN dropout issue i've seen in Vista.

    Totally not worth my time.
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  6. Posts : 62
    Windows 7 Build 7201
       #186

    Just watched a Blu-Ray movie over the network and guess what it failed and it seems to be consistent with my previous posts. The packets received got to 2.1 billion before failing. I am currently on build 7127 with the Realtek 8139 driver supplied in that build.

    This is bad news for me 7127 has not fixed my problem, its back to the SLOW usb 1 network device again
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  7. Posts : 995
    XP/win7 x86 build 7127
       #187

    sexytool: i can understand why, i guess i am just a glutton for punishment. Knock on wood, i havent had wired issues. so atleast my lan seems to be working with the driver thats being used atm. I dont have alot of faith in wireless, but thats TBD.

    themouse: what kind of router are you using? how far along in the movie was it that it dropped aprox? Do you not have a usb 2.0 port, or i guess that modem is only a usb 1 device? Atleast with this scenario, you and i think all of us can rule out the ISP in 99.9% of the cases here i would presume.

    edit: i meant to ask if the router is a 1.0 device... which would be a bit strange.
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  8. Posts : 62
    Windows 7 Build 7201
       #188

    Sorry I was being a bit cryptic. Since my onboard Realtek card keeps dropping the connection I use an old belkin USB to NIC adapter but since it only a usb 1 device I can only achieve 10mbs.

    Back to the issue - I just thought I would disable the adapter and re enable it after it failing, it was intereesting to see that it knew there was a physical connection so it tried to connect to the DHCP sever but looking at the connection details to doesnt even attempt to SEND any packets at all just zero. I cannot see this as a driver issue I feel its the layer after it. Just mu two cents worth
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  9. Posts : 62
    Windows 7 Build 7201
       #189

    * I was about half way through the movie. The file is about 4.5 GB
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  10. Posts : 995
    XP/win7 x86 build 7127
       #190

    themouse: so do you need to install a driver for the belkin? or does win7 do it for you? have you experienced any drops with the belkin? i dont recall. since it being an old device, i'm curious about how well its supported with 7. As i have this wireless adapter thats a belkin, and no 7 driver for it.
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