Intel PRO/1000

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Does anyone know where I can get the VISTA driver for INTEL PRO/1000. Without
the driver we cannot get to the internet. Tried downloading from INTEL but of
course that was coded for XP install.
 
pm32611 said:
Bumping this up, because I have the same problem.
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Which version of the PRO/1000 do you have? If you have the onboard version
(PRO/1000CT, included as part of several Intel 8xx series chipsets), Vista
supports it natively, with drivers included with the OS. (I know, because I
have an ASUS P4C800E Deluxe that includes this setup.) All other versions
should check with Intel and use either their Vista drivers (if any) or use
the latest Windows XP drivers. Because you stated that you aren't getting
on at all, I would seriously doubt that you have the CT, as Vista will
detect it during Setup (and has, without fail, for the last several builds,
including all the 5xxx series I have thrown at it).

There are, unfortunately, *several* PRO/1000 variations, and they all
require subtly different drivers from each other. The PRO/1000CT and MT are
both exclusively built-in to Intel chipsets (desktops and workstations,
respectively), and there is also the PRO/1000GT (an *unleaded* card-based
gigabit NIC originally developed for Europe now showing up in the US in
droves) and PRO/1000T (the older predecessor to the GT). The reason that
the CT threw a wrench into things is that, unlike most onboard LAN
solutions, it doesn't use the PCI bus to communicate with the rest of the
PC; instead, it uses the unique Intel Communications Streaming Architecture
and ties in directly to the ICH5R/ICH5SR southbridge. Despite the rave
reviews that CSA got (especially from DIY system builders), the novel
approach was dropped after the release of the ICH5SR and Intel went to using
the PCIe bus for onboard Ethernet (starting with the ICH7 series; the ICH6
didn't support onboard Ethernet). The CT is supported in Vista because it
is part of the oldest Intel chipset that is recommended for a Vista-based
PC: Intel's own 875P AGPset.

Christopher L. Estep
 
Thanks for the information from everyone. After reading we decided to
reinstalll and we have internet access. Other than we are in a dual boot
environemnt, I cannot think of why the reinstall fixed our network. But, now
we are up and running with the our only problems showing up in Audigy and HP
printer. As these two have already been topics of other discusssions, I want
to thank everyone for their thoughts in helping us.
 
We would like to thank you all for your thoughts on this matter. We decided
to reinstall and it came up with internet access. I have no clue as to why we
could not get out to the internet on the first install. I dont think using a
dual boot environment is a problem so again thank you all. I see from other
posts that Creative Labs and HP drivers may not be available so we are onto
testing the rest of the system features.
Thank you all
 
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