A bit over an hour ago I noticed that there were a couple of updates waiting for d/l - install. I had a quick look at them - one critical/security, and a couple of optional - ATI for my 48xx card, Samsung for my display, and
Realtek - Network - Realtek RTL8168B/8111B Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.0)
That looked reasonable, so I said, yeah, go ahead. When the system rebooted after the install my network was gone! System restore failed because it said that it couldn't access a file (although it didn't say which one), so I finished up going into Device Manager and rolling back the driver. Voila, I have my network back.
The info that the network troubleshooter gave me about the problem was:
Detection details
Diagnostics Information (Network Adapter)
Details about network adapter diagnosis:
Network adapter Local Area Connection driver information:
Description . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8168B/8111B Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.0)
Manufacturer . . . . . . . . . : Realtek
Provider . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft
Version . . . . . . . . . . . : 7.2.1127.2008
Inf File Name . . . . . . . . . : C:\Windows\INF\netrtx64.inf
Inf File Date . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, April 22, 2009 12:41:57 AM
Section Name . . . . . . . . . : RTL8168D.ndi
Hardware ID . . . . . . . . . . : pci\ven_10ec&dev_8168&rev_03
Instance Status Flags . . . . . : 0x1802400
Device Manager Status Code . . : 10
IfType . . . . . . . . . . . . : 6
Physical Media Type . . . . . . : 14
Network Diagnostics Log
File Name: A16EA094-15B4-451C-AFBC-7767315D323F.Diagnose.0.etl
While the above data seems to indicate a 2009 date, looking at the Windows Update entry details, it says
"Realtek Network software update released in June, 2007"
The driver version that I rolled back and which is now working is 6.211.1016.2008 dated 16-Oct-08
So I don't really know what the truth is about the new(?) driver, but it certainly killed me.
My motherboard is a Gigabyte EX58-UD4P, running Win7 x64.
Roger
Realtek - Network - Realtek RTL8168B/8111B Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.0)
That looked reasonable, so I said, yeah, go ahead. When the system rebooted after the install my network was gone! System restore failed because it said that it couldn't access a file (although it didn't say which one), so I finished up going into Device Manager and rolling back the driver. Voila, I have my network back.
The info that the network troubleshooter gave me about the problem was:
Detection details
Diagnostics Information (Network Adapter)
Details about network adapter diagnosis:
Network adapter Local Area Connection driver information:
Description . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8168B/8111B Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.0)
Manufacturer . . . . . . . . . : Realtek
Provider . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft
Version . . . . . . . . . . . : 7.2.1127.2008
Inf File Name . . . . . . . . . : C:\Windows\INF\netrtx64.inf
Inf File Date . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, April 22, 2009 12:41:57 AM
Section Name . . . . . . . . . : RTL8168D.ndi
Hardware ID . . . . . . . . . . : pci\ven_10ec&dev_8168&rev_03
Instance Status Flags . . . . . : 0x1802400
Device Manager Status Code . . : 10
IfType . . . . . . . . . . . . : 6
Physical Media Type . . . . . . : 14
Network Diagnostics Log
File Name: A16EA094-15B4-451C-AFBC-7767315D323F.Diagnose.0.etl
While the above data seems to indicate a 2009 date, looking at the Windows Update entry details, it says
"Realtek Network software update released in June, 2007"
The driver version that I rolled back and which is now working is 6.211.1016.2008 dated 16-Oct-08
So I don't really know what the truth is about the new(?) driver, but it certainly killed me.
My motherboard is a Gigabyte EX58-UD4P, running Win7 x64.
Roger