Guess I Am the Only One

[Len Mattix]

Installed Vista32 on a seperate HD... install went well enough seemingly
without problem. However, from the very beginning I have had no internet
connection and on restart no network access.

Running through the repair tools usually gets me back to accessing the
network but never the internet. Vista complains there is a problem with
modem (Cable here) or Router. That would be OK and resetting these is not
an issue. However, this is a dual boot machine with XP32 installed on a
seperate drinve and... you guessed it! no problems accessing the internet
from that OS. Also my Vantage VOIP is connected through the same router
without issue.

Vista seems to install a compatible driver from its own library and shows no
problems with the hardware. This is an ASUS A8N-SLI Dlx MB with an AMD
3200+ and 2MB of RAM. XP has no problems functioning with this same
hardware environment.

Any thoughts??

Len

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Check the Device Manager. You should see two network controllers (I have
the same A8N SLI Deluxe) One of them should be the Marvel Yukon and the
other should be the nVidia nforce networking controller. If either one is
missing then it will be labeled Unknown Device somewhere else in the device
list (you will probably see more than one Unknown Device).

I have had problems with the nVidia controller in previous builds but not
with 5384 or 5456. I doubt that the Marvel Yukon is your problem. nforce
driver is on the nVidia website for your board. It took me a couple of
tries to get the right package.

 

[Len Mattix]

Thanks for the response! I have the Yukon NIC disabled in BIOS as under XP
the nVidia is quicker. I found forceware Beta drivers for the NV4-SLI
chipset on their site but it says that the NIC drivers are "in the box" with
seemingly none available for download?

U will go back and take a second look for a standalone NIC driver in hopes
that it will solve this issue. Previously I tried to install an older NIC
driver from the MB CD but that created a significant problem only corrected
through a system restore (which only partially worked by the way) and other
steps that I don't recall.

Thanks again!
Len

 

[Len Mattix]

Just a final follow-up... Enabled the second NIC on this MB, the Yukon and
without any issues the internet became available. Obviously a problem with
the driver for the NV4 Controler which I would assume someone will sort out
in the not too distant future. All is now well with the internet! Now
getting my hotmail account to work... that's another story

Len

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Like I said, I had problems with the network bridge all through beta 1.

Glad you are on line.