Internet not working with dual boot

[lst]

Hi,

For work purposes, I dual boot windows 7 and ubuntu. Ubuntu made yesterday an upgrade to version 10.04. Everything went ok, but when I rebooted in Windows, it informed me that it cannot connect to the internet because the cable is not plugged in. STRANGE, because in Ubuntu everything's working fine. I tried rebooting, disabling & enabling the network adapter, I EVEN reinstalled windows and STILL the same problem: The cable is not plugged in.

Please help.

 

[Dinesh]

Hi there is it a wired or wireless internet?

 

[lst]

Wired. Sorry,forgot to mention

 

[Dinesh]

The Internet works in Ubuntu, this shows that there is nothing wrong with the ethernet port or your internet connection.
You also reinstalled Windows but still have the same issue. That's weird.

Go to Device mgr, uninstall Network adaptor and restart the computer. See if it works.

 

[lst]

I did that. Uninstalled it, restarted windows, windows installed everything back, but the same problem. I honestly don't know what's the problem.

 

[Dinesh]

Definitely a driver or OS issue. Hold on, let me ask the experts.

 

[theog]

Did you have option to delete the drivers.

 

[pebbly]

hi 1st, can you give us a little more info on your network card [manf] and mobo please

 

[lst]

hi 1st, can you give us a little more info on your network card [manf] and mobo please

It's a Realtek integrated network card ( I have a Gigabyte mainboard).

If I had an option to delete the drivers? When I tried disable the device from Windows? Yes. I did that. Rebooted.Windows installed them again. Everything all right, but it didn't recognise the fact that my cable WAS plugged in

 

[pebbly]

hi 1st, can you give us a little more info on your network card [manf] and mobo please

It's a Realtek integrated network card ( I have a Gigabyte mainboard).

If I had an option to delete the drivers? When I tried disable the device from Windows? Yes. I did that. Rebooted.Windows installed them again. Everything all right, but it didn't recognise the fact that my cable WAS plugged in

thank you for the info, but could you give us the model number of your mobo we may be able to find a better driver for you

 

[lst]

My motherboard is a Gigabyte G31MXS2 and the network adapter on it is a Realtek RTL8169/8110.

And btw, I already downloaded the drivers from Gigabyte's website and still the same problem

 

[pebbly]

1st try this driver Download Realtek Gigabit Network PCIe Driver 7 v7.017.exe from General-Search.com its from upload.com so you will have to wait 60 secs before you can use the free download facility

 

[lst]

Still nothing I'm afraid .. Don't know what to do.. I don't even know what's wrong. Probably I'll try and uninstall everything (Ubuntu and Win), put Win back, try and see what happens. But I'll try and fix it before I do that.

 

[SouthSeaPirate]

Did you try a power cycle of you network equipment? I know it work in Ubuntu but its still worth a shot before you reformat.

You could also try unplugging everything that goes to the PC and then hold the power button for 15 or so seconds...

 

[lst]

Did you try a power cycle of you network equipment? I know it work in Ubuntu but its still worth a shot before you reformat.

You could also try unplugging everything that goes to the PC and then hold the power button for 15 or so seconds...

Yeah, I tried that. Tried the unplugging thing also ..

 

[lst]

Solved it. Uninstalled Ubuntu and Win, reinstalled Win, working now I think that Ubuntu made some nasty changes to my PC while installed. Anyway, thanks for all your help