nVidia nForce Network Problems

[Shane Collins]

I hope that's the reason this isn't working...

When I start up my computer (Windows 7 Ultimate (not the beta)) My internet connection thing says it can't connect because I'm trying to link to multiple networks. Well, that would make sense... if I were using a wireless network. I'm using a network cable to router and cannot access my own network. But even that's not the problem. I don't care about my network. I just want to connect to the internet.

Well, to get a quick fix I must disable my network device, and re-enable it. Then it acts as if there was never a problem.

Today, before I did that I wanted to see what the problem was, so I opened the status of my network connection. I am receiving all kinds of bytes but not sending any. So then I disable and refresh my network connection and it all works.

I fixed this in the beta, but forgot what to do now that it's been 3 months. Can anyone help? Thanks.

EDIT: I also tried updating the drivers. No good.

 

[Shane Collins]

88 views, no replies, and page 5? :sarc: Bump.

 

[kegobeer]

When you first boot, and you can't connect, what do you get when you run an ipconfig /all? Open a command prompt then type:

ipconfig /all

Copy/paste the results here, please.

 

[kegobeer]

Since Abit went bankrupt, don't expect any Windows 7 drivers. Some people who have Abit boards have found some success by using an older nForce Vista driver. See if this thread helps:

Abit IN9 32X-MAX SLI and windows 7 turns off my nvidia ethernet.

Maybe this thread over at nVidia will help:

http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=86425&st=40

 

[spawn]

Driverguide.com . Even if abit went out of business driverguide would still have some drivers. According your post Nvidia is the man. of your NIC, go to there sight and try some different drivers. I had issues with vista and a nic card, and had to use a 98 driver to make it work. The problem is MS is cranking out an O/S before hardware manufactures have time to create bug free drivers. Alas MS only cares about itself...... Just an observation not trying to start a debate.

 

[kegobeer]

Driverguide.com . Even if abit went out of business driverguide would still have some drivers. According your post Nvidia is the man. of your NIC, go to there sight and try some different drivers. I had issues with vista and a nic card, and had to use a 98 driver to make it work. The problem is MS is cranking out an O/S before hardware manufactures have time to create bug free drivers. Alas MS only cares about itself...... Just an observation not trying to start a debate.

I didn't say there are no drivers, I said not to expect any Windows 7 drivers. If you visit Abit, you'll find drivers for older operating systems for that particular motherboard.

Quite a few people with IN9 motherboards have had issues with Windows 7; the link I posted to the nVidia forums is a lengthy thread that covers a lot of nForce issues and possible solutions.

 

[Shane Collins]

When you first boot, and you can't connect, what do you get when you run an ipconfig /all? Open a command prompt then type:

ipconfig /all

Copy/paste the results here, please.

I do, but the moment the window opens, it closes and I can't read anything.

 

[kegobeer]

Click on the orb, then type cmd. Then, in the command window, enter ipconfig /all.

Did you review the link I posted?

 

[RogerR]

I'm using a network cable to router and cannot access my own network. But even that's not the problem. I don't care about my network. I just want to connect to the internet.

Well, to get a quick fix I must disable my network device, and re-enable it. Then it acts as if there was never a problem.

Does the board have more than one NIC on it? If so, try the other one. I have an old EVGA nForce board and it connects fine (only Vista drivers available).

That said, I think you would be connecting to the internet only through your LAN, so you might look into that first.

 

[Shane Collins]

Sorry for the long wait. I was needed at work every day for the past 3 weeks, so here's my ipconfig/all thing BEFORE disabling my network every boot:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Slave2>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

   Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Slave2-PC
   Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :
   Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
   IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : Emblem Games

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : Emblem Games
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-8D-9F-91-78
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::4176:8081:dd78:b32c%14(Preferred)
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.104(Preferred)
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, December 29, 2009 10:16:48 AM
   Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, December 30, 2009 10:16:48 AM
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
                                       192.168.1.1
   DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
   DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 234901645
   DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-12-82-E3-5F-00-50-8D-9F-91-78

   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 74.128.19.102
                                       74.128.17.114
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter isatap.Emblem Games:

   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 Local Area Connection* 11:

   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

C:\Users\Slave2>

And then after re-enabling it:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Slave2>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

   Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Slave2-PC
   Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :
   Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
   IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : Emblem Games

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : Emblem Games
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-8D-9F-91-78
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::4176:8081:dd78:b32c%14(Preferred)
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.104(Preferred)
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, December 29, 2009 10:19:32 AM
   Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, December 30, 2009 10:19:32 AM
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
   DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
   DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 234901645
   DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-12-82-E3-5F-00-50-8D-9F-91-78

   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 74.128.19.102
                                       74.128.17.114
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter isatap.Emblem Games:

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

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11:

   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. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:4137:9e50:3d:318d:b57b:1628(Prefer
red)
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::3d:318d:b57b:1628%12(Preferred)
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

C:\Users\Slave2>

I just previewed my post and after looking at it, does it have anything to do with the default gateway being 0.0.0.0 and how would I break that one? Thanks!

EDIT: Keg, I downloaded, but nothing new happened. Thanks, anyway.

 

[RogerR]

Control Panel > Network and Sharing > Change adapter Settings > select your LAN > Properties > TCP/IPv4 > Properties

Is your machine set to obtain IP address and DNS server automatically?

 

[Shane Collins]

Control Panel > Network and Sharing > Change adapter Settings > select your LAN > Properties > TCP/IPv4 > Properties

Is your machine set to obtain IP address and DNS server automatically?

THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT! Thanks! Like said, I've done it before, I just forgot how! Now you've got me all cleared up! Thanks!

 

[BigGuy]

Here's a couple of things to do....

1. Make sure your network drivers and Router firmware are updated.
Check your Router settings

2. Go into SAFE mode (hold F8 at boot)and see if the issue still occurs. If not, it is probably an application that is being loaded at start in normal mode.

 

[ltwally]

Thought I'd throw in the solution that worked for me. What follows is a copy of from the Microsoft forum: default gateway not available in windows 7

Hello Guys. I found the solve on a Nvidia forum. Its works perfect for me.

This solution was found in another forum. And it solved the problem for me. I am using Windows 7 Ultimate x64. And the constant network disconnects was getting bad, especially during steady downloading.

What you need is the nVidia Vista v15.25 (32bit or 64bit) motherboard driver.
64bit URL: NVIDIA DRIVERS 15.25 WHQL
32bit URL: NVIDIA DRIVERS 15.25 WHQL

I ran into a problem immediately when the driver installer did not display the Ethernet menu item.
I had to do the following to get this fix to work. Note that it applies to the Win7 64bit version:
1) Uninstall any Nvidia Ethernet drivers.
-- Reboot.
--the Windows 7 default ethernet drivers get installed in their place
--verify and note down the filename of the Network Adapter driver filename that Windows 7 uses.
2) Do the following:
--go to the location where the Nvidia installer unzipped the v15.25 files on your hardrive. Under the Ethernet folder, find the v15.25 Ethernet driver file "nvmfdx64.sys" (file version 1.0.1.6789) and rename it to the Windows 7 x64 default Ethernet driver filename "nvm62x64.sys".
--copy nvm62x64.sys to c:\windows\system32\drivers (archive the old default file first).

Reboot.

This has worked perfectly for me. No loss in any functionality that I'm aware of, and my network is now stable again.