Resources for IT Professionals. Sign in. United States English. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums. Windows 7 Networking. Sign in to vote. Works fine on a fresh install of Win 7, but installing the optional driver update provided in Windows Update in the control panel seems to break it. After a restart Windows is unable to get an IP from both my router or directly from my cable modem.
Rolling back to the default driver fixes the issue. I'm not sure of the name or version of the updated driver itself since I rolled back already and don't want to risk re-breaking networking to find out. If you need me to provide any additional info though let me know! Wednesday, May 6, AM. I found a Realtek beta driver for Windows 7 that seems to be working good so far. Chose your OS, i. Since I have a Gigabyte board, I didn't use the auto installer. When I first tried to update through Device Manager, Windows said I had the proper version already installed.
Driver version: 7. Monday, May 25, AM. With the Beta Release of Win7 I had the same issue as you, since i just installed , i have found that the update works I think When i say i think, its because i am having local network access issues. Although the issues were present prior to the update, so it may not be related? Wednesday, May 6, PM. Darkat This exact same driver update has 'always' failed for me -I simply have to roll-back the driver and then hide that update if I wish to continue to use my on-board NIC Anti-Climactic Notion.
I'm having network access issues with Win7 on two PC's that i was not having when using the previous version of Win 7. Both mobo's have the Realtek C chip onboard, both are using version 6. I don't get any of these issues when using an XP laptop, and i didn't have any of these issues when i was using Vista on the same hardware i'm now using to test 7MC.
Saturday, May 16, PM. I agree with the OP, rolling back to Windows 7 driver, restored my connection. I had some how gotten another version? Date: 07 June Date: 30 April Driver Fusion The best solution to update, backup, clean, and monitor the drivers and devices of your PC.
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