Unable to get network working due to lack of network driver...

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Phillip Pi

Hi.

I am playing around with Windows Vista Beta 2 b5308 since I just
installed it today. I have no network due to lack of network driver
according to Device Manager. Ethernet Controller shows a yellow "!".

Where can I get the driver from? According to Windows XP, it uses a
Yukon Marvell network driver. I have not found a Vista driver on the
Internet. I also do not have the original CD/disks that came with this
motherboard/computer.

Thank you in advance. :)
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Phillip Pi
Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
ISP/Symantec Online Services
Symantec Corporation
www.symantec.com
 
I have the same network card. It might be worth trying the 64 bit XP
drivers that are available, but there is no guarantee that they will work.
I don't think the Vista drivers have been released yet.
 
I have the same network card. It might be worth trying the 64 bit XP
drivers that are available, but there is no guarantee that they will work.
I don't think the Vista drivers have been released yet.
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Uh, where are those 64-bit XP drivers at? Remember, I don't have the
original motherboard CDs/disks.
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Phillip Pi
Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
ISP/Symantec Online Services
Symantec Corporation
www.symantec.com
 
You could try using the Windows XP driver or check the manufacturers website
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OK, there are XP drivers. I will try those.

for available drivers or beta drivers that currently support Windows Vista.
At least get in touch with the manufacturer to make them aware of the issue.
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OK. BTW, this is for ASUS K8V SE Deluxe motherboard with its onboard
Marvell Yukon Ethernet Gigabit device.
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Phillip Pi
Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
ISP/Symantec Online Services
Symantec Corporation
www.symantec.com
 
Could you send me a copy of Symantec AntiVirus for Vista by e-mail since you
work there? :)
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No can do. I am not even in that enterprise group. :)
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Phillip Pi
Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
ISP/Symantec Online Services
Symantec Corporation
www.symantec.com
 
OK, there are XP drivers. I will try those.
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It installed, but it doesn't seem to find the Internet. I cannot connect
to any Web sites. Pinging seems to work. Accessing my Linksys router
(192.168.1.1) via Web (IE7) doesn't seem to work.

OK. BTW, this is for ASUS K8V SE Deluxe motherboard with its onboard
Marvell Yukon Ethernet Gigabit device.
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Phillip Pi
Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
ISP/Symantec Online Services
Symantec Corporation
www.symantec.com
 
What have you entered as your primary DNS server? If you use your routers
address as primary DNS, try adding your Internet Service Providers DNS
servers as alternate DNS servers in your network settings. This worked for
me in 64bit XP.
 
What have you entered as your primary DNS server? If you use your routers
address as primary DNS, try adding your Internet Service Providers DNS
servers as alternate DNS servers in your network settings. This worked for
me in 64bit XP.
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If you mean DNS as shown in ipconfig.exe, then it was grabbed from the
Linksys router that got it from the company's network router(?). I can
say XP, 2K, 9x, etc. have no problems. I am thinking it is a Vista's
issue somewhere.
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Phillip Pi
Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
ISP/Symantec Online Services
Symantec Corporation
www.symantec.com
 
Set your IP address to static and see if that work.
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That worked partially. I used 192.168.1.123 since I know it is unused
and the Linksys router is 192.168.1.1. I was able to access the router's
administration Web pages, but not the Internet. I even added two DNS
addresses that the company and other non-prerelease OS' use. I tried
http://66.102.7.147 (Google's Web site) and that failed.

Weird. Maybe I will just wait for the next major update before playing
around with Vista. :)
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Phillip Pi
Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
ISP/Symantec Online Services
Symantec Corporation
www.symantec.com
 
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