I use my extra NICs for virtual box. The network cards that are only being used for virtual machines should only have 2 things checked off in the properties
the virtual bridged networking adapter (for virtualbox its "VirtualBox NDIS6 bridged networking driver") and the other is "Link layer topology discovery mapper I/O driver" nothing else should be checked or it will interfere with the primary NIC settings. VMWare should be set similar If both nics have IPV4 or IPV6 boxes checked I can almost guarantee it will cause problems like you describe. Only the primary NIC should have those checked lopaka On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 7:00 PM, Winterlight <[email protected]> wrote: > At 06:25 PM 9/1/2017, you wrote: > >> Few things to check. Does this computer have power settings that let it go >> to sleep or power off peripherals? >> > > That was one of the first thing I checked to make sure the computer could > not put the NIC to sleep > > Does it have a wireless nic or onboard chip that is not disabled. >> > > It has two NICS. ASUS P9X79 I haven't disabled one but I will try that. My > goal was to use the second NIC for just for VMware. But I haven't figured > out how to do that yet. > > When the computer won't connect to other devices what does it say if you >> open a CMD prompt and type ipconfig. >> > > right now the computer will connect to other computers but not the > printer. BUT other computers can not connect to it. > Windows IP Configuration > > Ethernet adapter Ethernet 2: > Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected > Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : > > Ethernet adapter Ethernet: > Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : > Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::99a2:69eb:8ef5:f489%9 > IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.113 > Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 > Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.1 > > Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface: > Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : > IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:9d38:6ab8:ca6:1cbd:3f57:f58e > Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::ca6:1cbd:3f57:f58e%2 > Default Gateway . . . . . . . > > Does the network address show up properly? yes >> > > Can you ping other devices? >> > > On the other computers I get a I get a Windows cannot access.. check the > spelling otherwise there may be a problem with your network. BUT yes I can > ping the workstation from other computers that can not connect. > > Does the router show the device connected properly in the "Device List"? >> > > I don't see the router at all under Device list... but it seems unlikely > to be the router because all the other computers are working and I don't > see it with my laptop either. I had to print today from the laptop because > I can not print from the workstation to the network laser. > > Once I loose complete connectivity to the LAN I will go through the list > again. > > thanks for the help! > m > > > > > I have virtual machines that do this sometimes and usually have to disable >> then re-enable the network interface to fix things. I've occasionally had >> to do this on windows 10 machines but usually only the boxes that have >> multiple NICs >> >> lopaka >> >> On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 4:49 PM, Winterlight <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> > I have a personal home workgroup comprising of my primary Windows 10 PRO >> > workstation, some LIVA mini computers I use with TVs and some laptops >> and >> > wireless phones. Wireless is handled by a UniFi AP-AC-Pro. I have single >> > router plugged into a CABLE modem and into Netgear gigabit switch. I >> have a >> > couple of network printers and a HDHomerun TV turner running on the >> > network. This is a new house with a recent ... within the last three >> months >> > ... setup. My primary workstation is a new clean install of Windows 10 >> > PRO. The network works great EXCEPT for my primary workstation. It was >> > working just fine and I do have a Acronis image file from that time = a >> > month ago which I may be forced to restore but I would like to find a >> > lasting fix for this. >> > >> > My workstation keeps losing network conductivity. One hour I think I >> have >> > fixed the problem but 18 hours later I can't connect to other members of >> > the LAN or the printer won't work, or lan members can't connect to the >> > workstation but the workstation can connect to them. The workstation >> always >> > has internet and that tells me that the hardware is working although I >> have >> > swapped out and checked the switches. I have checked every setting on >> the >> > NIC. I ran windows troubleshooter and it came up with a problem with the >> > virtual network. I thought I found it so I completely removed VMware >> > player. And it worked again ...but for a matter of hours. Then I just >> > removed the NICs with their drivers, rebooted it reinstalled and >> everything >> > worked but 17 hours later I can not print to the network printer, and >> while >> > I can access other members of the LAN they can't connect to me. >> > >> > Any ideas? Is there software that can diagnose this? Should I just give >> up >> > and restore my working backup? Thanks! >> > >> > >> > >
