Have you tried going to the NIC manufacturer's site and getting the driver they provide? Bad things have been known to happen when one lets MS Update apply a hardware driver. -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA® 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 [email protected] P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA ®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof.
"Clark, Tommy R" <[email protected]> wrote on 09/29/2009 07:30:22 AM: > I have been seeing this behavior on my Vista system at home. I do not > have SmartFilter and have always assumed the problem was an incompatible > network driver. I do not remember having the problem when I first > obtained the laptop. I seem to remember the problem appearing sometime > after I let Windows Update replace my network drivers. I have never > really tried to trace it down. So, if you find the magic bullet, I'd be > interested in hearing. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Richard Stovall > Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 4:18 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Vista, 7, etc method of determining if a network connection has > "Internet Access" > > Does anyone have a good reference that explains exactly how Vista and > newer Microsoft Operating Systems determine whether a particular NIC has > "Internet Access?" I'm talking about the really annoying 'feature' > where the network stack automagically tries to determine whether a > particular NIC has a route to the internet. > > I'm curious b/c our Pix SmartFilter plugin (now owned by McAfee) is > messing with a couple of machines and breaking their ability to actually > get to the internet. If I disable filtering for the machines' ip > addresses there's no problem at all. With filtering enabled they > completely lose their ability to get on the internet when their DHCP > leases renew and you have to disable then re-enable the NICs. > (SmartFilter of course says that there's no way it's related to their > product...) > > TIA, > RS > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
