Vista Ultimate plus 2Wire Internet connection problem

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I just upgraded from XP Home SP2 to Vista Ultimate (32). Even though it was a
pain getting Vista to recognize my Raid 0 set-up I finally got a good install
after a few failed attempts. But now I have a PC that can't connect beyond my
Network or even see the Internet.

I have a 2Wire 1701HG Gateway (or HomePortal) which has worked great on my
home network for a year or more. On occasion the Network and Sharing Center
in Vista shows I have access to the Net but IE7 will not open any websites. I
have run every Help topic I can find in Vista and several off the Web from
this second PC next to it. But nothing has fixed the issue. 2Wire has nothing
on their site concerning Vista. And I am fairly certain that is the issue.
Our X-Box 360 and my daughter's PCs both still access the Net fine.

I work for at&t so on Tuesday I will bring home a test modem I use at work
and try it out. That will help me determine if it is a firewall or router
issue or something else since the SpeedStream I have in my work van is a
single modem. Either way if there are any suggestions or possible routes to
try before then please post them so that I can try them all. Thanks.

My system is an AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ (Dual Core Socket 939) on an Asus
A8N-SLI Premium mobo running a single e-GeForce 7900 GT video card with 2GB
of OCZ RAM and two 250G WD 7200 SATA2 OEM HDs (WD2500KS-OEM) set-up in a RAID
0 array. I have disabled on-board sound and use an SB X-Fi Platinum sound
card. Not sure what else to post beside I have already updated to all the
latest Vista drives where available.

Note: Driver version for the nForce4 is 15.00 ( Release Date: February 5, 2007
WHQL Certified )

Thanks for any help you can offer, peace.

 

[Guest]

I am having the same problem, using Verizon's FiOS... which does not require
any kind of PPPOE "account and password" to set up... it is a straight
broadband connection like a cable modem. It is almost like it does not see
my network card...

Can you check and see if you have the TCPIP connection set to pick up
addresses from DHCP and DNS automatically?

JB

 

[Guest]

OK, I found the problem; NIC driver was not working. I went to Device
Manager and there was a yellow exclamation mark beside the Ethernet
Controller. My computer is an older Dell Dimension 4400, which has a CNET
PRO200WL ehternet card in it, and once I went to the CNET Web site and
downloaded the XP driver, repeat, the XP driver, and installed it, it worked
fine. In fact, it alomst immediately connected and started working. I saw
the post somewhere else about driver issues in Vista, but, man, Dell sold A
LOT of those 4400s, and you'd think they would have that driver included in
Vista!