hi, gigabyte m/b lan (ex58-ud3r). on first booting i have no internet connection (dlink 504t router) - the icon has a yellow triangle on it. running troubleshooter does nothing. a simple reboot and connection is restored. any ideas? it's very annoying. leslie i've noticed (i think) that when it does reboot there's usually a avast update downloading.

Hi, You can also try the following steps. 1. Bypass the router and connect to cable modem directly for a test. Does the yellow triangle still list at the first starting? 2. Temporarily turn off firewall and antivirus program on the machine. 3. Upgrade the NIC driver. 4. Restart the computer to Safe Mode with Networking to check the result. 5. Configure the connection to obtain an IP address automatically ======================================= a. Click "Start", input "NCPA.CPL" (without quotation marks) to Start Search bar and press "Enter". b. Right-click the network connection and click "Properties". If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation. c. Click to highlight "Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6)" and click "Properties". d. Check "Obtain an IP address automatically" and "Obtain DNS server address automatically". e. Click "OK". f. Click to highlight "Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)" and click "Properties". g. Check "Obtain an IP address automatically" and "Obtain DNS server address automatically". h. Click "OK". i. Reboot the computer. What's the result now? Thanks, Novak

re-installed network drivers, now have net on boot but no local network - can't even access my computer under network connections in explorer: please see this thread now: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7network/thread/a64e94fa-9296-45de-9d36-511e8dd7fba1

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sorry, but i thought i'd cured it only to find it started doing other things..... consider this one closed, thanks