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G'day,
While Windows 7 works and looks good, there is one major issue which threatens to derail the entire experience for me.
Several times a day, the default gateway becomes unavailable, which means that the PC running Windows 7 loses internet connectivity. At the same time, other PCs, running Vista, are continuing to work normally. This includes one PC with a WiFi connection and another which is normally wired.
The details of my network controllers (there are two) are as follows.
Description . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
Manufacturer . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA
Provider . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft
Version . . . . . . . . . . . : 1.0.1.211
Inf File Name . . . . . . . . . : C:\Windows\INF\netnvm32.inf
Inf File Date . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, April 22, 2009 12:47:44 AM
Section Name . . . . . . . . . : NVENET55.NDI
Hardware ID . . . . . . . . . . : pci\ven_10de&dev_0373
Instance Status Flags . . . . . : 0x180200a
Device Manager Status Code . . : 0
IfType . . . . . . . . . . . . : 6
Physical Media Type . . . . . . : 14
The problem is solved by manually having to repair the problem when Windows 7 finds that the default gateway is not avaialble and resets network controller 2.
I have seen that this is not an isolated with several reports on the net, some suggesting that a different driver might help, but which one? Any suggestions?
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It's one of many known nVidia issues with Windows 7 that nVidia must correct, unfortuniately Microsoft has nothing to do with it. I would sugguest that you contact nVidia for assistance.
Jonathan Matthis aka "7tester" on MSN QnA
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What's age got to do with anything? Microsoft has failed to correct the problem nor to even investigate it from what I see. All solutions posted since then are work arounds. No fixes posted. Creating new posts dilutes the seriousness of the issue and makes it harder to research.
It's now May 2012 and windows 7 is still doing the same. It makes no sense to blame NVIDIA when Vista and XP continue to work fine over the same network. I have notice that the IP address for the router has been changed to what may be the external address. An ipconfig to release and renew fixes the issue. In my mind this is definitely a Windows problem that needs to be addressed.
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I also have this issue, is terrible and really making things hard for me, I use the internet a lot for gaming, uploading and downloading. And I DO NOT have an Nvidia motherboard, I have an AMD chipset motherboard, the only nvidia thing in my system is the Graphics Card, No part of my motherboard is nvidia.
This issue is terrible and the fact that Microsoft blames nvidia for it even though my problem clearly shows it's a windows fault. Shocking.
