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[RogerCA]

Hi All,

It seems like those two don't play well together on Windows 7 Pro x64... I haven't been able to find out if they are supposed to be 'compatible' - maybe I shouldn't have made that assumption...

The problem is that I cannot connect at all using the DGE-530. Win 7 tells me it's an Unidentified Network' and that the connection doesn't have a valid IP Configuration. Over the past few days I've tried the numerous suggestions that are posted on the Windows Forums, but no luck. Cables have been tested and are OK (CAT6), and I swapped to a different DGE-530, also no luck. I can connect just fine using my onboard NVIDIA NIC, and there's no problem with Wireless. Any idea what might be the cause? I'm thinking of getting a small Gigabit switch.

Thanks for any advice!
RogerCA

[FurryNutz]

Hmmm should be just plug in play after the drivers are installed...drivers up to date?

Is it see the Gb Connection speed from the router?
Is the PC/NIC seen on routers web page? Setup/Networking? IT should appear here.
Try to setup a static IP address on the router for the PC if you see it there. Make sure you set the PC network settings to Obtain IP address automatically.

Did Windows 7 as you about setting up a network environment? It should ask you to pick a Home, Work or Public setting.

Seems to point to the NIC or driver since your onboard NIC works.

[RogerCA]

Yep - drivers are up to date, as well as firmware on the router.
There is an entry in Setup/Network Settings for that NIC with the correct MAC address, DHCP assigned by router (doesn't show what speed, though).
Adapter settings on the PC are set to 'Obtain Automatically', DHCP reservation is set up on the router. That all seems to be working as it should.
Win7 only asked for NW environment set up on initial installation.

Here's something interesting: I checked the log and that shows these entries:
[INFO] Fri Mar 11 13:34:24 2011 Dropped packet from 169.254.60.65 to 169.254.255.255 (IP protocol 17) as unable to create new session       and
INFO] Fri Mar 11 13:31:07 2011 Dropped packet from 192.168.0.198 to 192.168.0.255 (IP protocol 17) as unable to create new session

They seem to repeat every 6 or so minutes. The 169.254.xxx address is of course that 'phantom' address which I think Win netrworking seems to assign. The 192.168.0.198 address is not within my assigned ranges - no idea where that comes from. I'll do IPconfig /release and /renew for that adapter...   

[FurryNutz]

The 169 address is a self assigned address when the NIC is not able to obtain a working valid IP address. It's not a phantom.

What is the DHCP address range your using on the router? Are you using default or something else. You can use something else, however I'm curious as why you say the 192.168.0.198 isn't in your range. Be default the router uses 192.168.0.###.

I've seen the IP protocol 17 before, seen this from a DSL line that wasn't correctly filtered and was getting feed back on the line and causing this message in the logs. There isn't any other routers in line or WiFi APs near by?

What is your ISP service? DSL or Cable? Make sure your Internet Lines are good. I would turn off the WiFi temporarily while you get all of the wired devices set up correctly. Then turn it back on afterwards.

[RogerCA]

I've set a small range for myself: 192.168.9.30 - 192.168.9.50, with the router being 192.168.9.1. Can't use the default since that would be the same as my DSL modem (AT&T, SpeedStream 5100). And all DSL lines are set up with DSL filters. WIreless signal strength always shows as excellent; hardly ever dropping below 80%, Here's a rundown of what I have tried so far (may actually have forgotten some steps):
swapped out adapters (I had bought 2) and cables,
rebooted (and even reset) router several times,
uninstall/reinstall adapter several times,
multiple ipconfig /release/renew; flush DNS Cache, delete Routing Table, reset TCP/IP and winsock,
change settings to Static IP,
changed adapter speed/duplex settings,
disabled firewall and AV software,
tried direct connection to DSL modem (with same results)

There was no problem whenever I reconnected to the onboard NIC (NVIDIA 10/100). The new network was recognized and I had full access right away...

The only reason for me to get a Gigabit card was to get the best possible transfer speeds for backups or restores from the NAS (which is also Gigabit), to be able to restore from the remote NAS, since most of the backup software doesn't work for restores over wireless.

Any suggestions for hardware that might actually work for me?

Sorry - haven't been on for a couple days as I had to do a bit of cleanup and reinstall from a previous image. Somehow I managed to mess up something in the process of trying to get this thing to work. Not sure what, but the machine wouldn't start up.

Given that I've tried just about everything to get the adapter to work, and given that I have also read some comments mentioning that it does not work in Win 7 x64 with 4GB RAM (which is exactly what I have). I'll take it back for a refund.

Any suggestions for hardware that might actually work for me? Thanks again for all your help!

[FurryNutz]

I would recommend going and getting a couple of generic brand Gb NIC's and try them out. I actually bought 3 TrendNet Gb cards a couple of years ago and installed them in 3 PCs there were not Gb already. Let us know how they work. This is odd that those 530s are not working. I would take them and check the out on a different network if you have a friend with Gb networking or take them to a shop and have them checked out. They could be bad. 

[thecreator]

Hi All,

It seems like those two don't play well together on Windows 7 Pro x64... I haven't been able to find out if they are supposed to be 'compatible' - maybe I shouldn't have made that assumption...

The problem is that I cannot connect at all using the DGE-530. Win 7 tells me it's an Unidentified Network' and that the connection doesn't have a valid IP Configuration. Over the past few days I've tried the numerous suggestions that are posted on the Windows Forums, but no luck. Cables have been tested and are OK (CAT6), and I swapped to a different DGE-530, also no luck. I can connect just fine using my onboard NVIDIA NIC, and there's no problem with Wireless. Any idea what might be the cause? I'm thinking of getting a small Gigabit switch.

Thanks for any advice!
RogerCA

Hi RogerCA,

Disable the onboard Nvidia Ethernet Port from BIOS.

Uninstall the DGE-530T card's software from Windows 7.

Shutdown the computer. Remove the card.

Manually install the drivers for the card, after restarting the computer.

Shutdown the computer.

Reinstall the DGE-530T card.

Restart the computer.

Once in the operating system, reboot the computer and test operation.