Am trialling Windows 8 at the moment and while the wired Ethernet connection on the test machine was working initially following the Windows install, it is now out of action: no lan, no internet. I've tested the network cable with another (Win 7) machine and it works fine. Am connecting directly to a broadband modem/router with an in-build DHCP server and no restrictions of note.
Windows detects the on-board adapter as an Intel 82566DM-2 Gigabit Network Connection and reports it as 'working properly' in Device Manager. The driver version is reported as 9.13.41.1 dated 27/09/2011 from Microsoft. However, when the machine starts up it fails to obtain an IP address from the DHCP server and defaults to whatever IP Windows uses when in doubt (169.254.83.87). An ipconfig /renew command results in an error ("error occurred while renewing interface Ethernet: unable to contact your DHCP server...").
I also noticed I have a Microsoft Kernel Debug Network Adapter listed in Device Manager, which I have disabled in an unsuccessful attempt to resolve this problem.
I have tried assigning a static IP/gateway to the Intel device and have also disabled IPv6. Have disabled the Windows Firewall. No success. Have tried a winsock reset and reboot, no success.
Am running an MSDN copy of Win 8 Enterprise x64, activated.
I am puzzled because, like I said, this was working initially. I have no Windows Updates showing as installed, no antivirus installed, nothing in the hosts file. Have installed a bare minimum of software, after which the network was still working.
I downloaded the Network Adapter Driver for Windows 8 from Intel's site (v17.3) (http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Det...rsion=Windows 8, 64-bit*&DownloadType=Drivers) which (I believe, Network Connectivity — What is new in the latest Intel® Ethernet Software release?) should apply to this interface but installation failed with the error "Cannot install drivers: No Intel Adapters are present in this computer".
No event log entries of note.
Any thoughts?
Cheers,
Michael
Windows detects the on-board adapter as an Intel 82566DM-2 Gigabit Network Connection and reports it as 'working properly' in Device Manager. The driver version is reported as 9.13.41.1 dated 27/09/2011 from Microsoft. However, when the machine starts up it fails to obtain an IP address from the DHCP server and defaults to whatever IP Windows uses when in doubt (169.254.83.87). An ipconfig /renew command results in an error ("error occurred while renewing interface Ethernet: unable to contact your DHCP server...").
I also noticed I have a Microsoft Kernel Debug Network Adapter listed in Device Manager, which I have disabled in an unsuccessful attempt to resolve this problem.
I have tried assigning a static IP/gateway to the Intel device and have also disabled IPv6. Have disabled the Windows Firewall. No success. Have tried a winsock reset and reboot, no success.
Am running an MSDN copy of Win 8 Enterprise x64, activated.
I am puzzled because, like I said, this was working initially. I have no Windows Updates showing as installed, no antivirus installed, nothing in the hosts file. Have installed a bare minimum of software, after which the network was still working.
I downloaded the Network Adapter Driver for Windows 8 from Intel's site (v17.3) (http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Det...rsion=Windows 8, 64-bit*&DownloadType=Drivers) which (I believe, Network Connectivity — What is new in the latest Intel® Ethernet Software release?) should apply to this interface but installation failed with the error "Cannot install drivers: No Intel Adapters are present in this computer".
No event log entries of note.
Any thoughts?
Cheers,
Michael
My Computer
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