Ethernet controller and Windows 8/8.1 64bit problems
Posted: 27 Nov 2013, 03:12
Hi
Copperlan 1.2(6) has been intermittently dropping my ethernet controller (realtek 8169 onboard Asus P5K)on a system with 4 pcs. It has only happened to 2 of the machines but mostly one of those, my online machine. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesnt. When its dropped its not available in the drop down list, copperlan is completely blind to the controller. I have suspicions its because of Skype or Network Activity utility. But preventing those from starting has only worked half the time!
All other applications (multiple simultaneously) see the controller and operate normally at the times copperlan doesnt.
The annoying thing is my setup patching is extremely complex and snapshots dont work properly to bring it back. Half the ticks on the restore dialog are greyed out saying (missing) but the ports are clearly there. It seems the snapshot is not storing a comprehensive set of parameters. The entire configuration of the whole network needs storing.
Installing windows 8.1 has broken it again after it was working for a week or so.
I've only updated the one machine in my 4/5 pc setup to win8.1 and I fear I have done that to soon. However the problem strongly existed before updating as well.
Why does copperlan drop the ethernet card intermittently and how can I stop it?
Copperlan 1.2(6) has been intermittently dropping my ethernet controller (realtek 8169 onboard Asus P5K)on a system with 4 pcs. It has only happened to 2 of the machines but mostly one of those, my online machine. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesnt. When its dropped its not available in the drop down list, copperlan is completely blind to the controller. I have suspicions its because of Skype or Network Activity utility. But preventing those from starting has only worked half the time!
All other applications (multiple simultaneously) see the controller and operate normally at the times copperlan doesnt.
The annoying thing is my setup patching is extremely complex and snapshots dont work properly to bring it back. Half the ticks on the restore dialog are greyed out saying (missing) but the ports are clearly there. It seems the snapshot is not storing a comprehensive set of parameters. The entire configuration of the whole network needs storing.
Installing windows 8.1 has broken it again after it was working for a week or so.
I've only updated the one machine in my 4/5 pc setup to win8.1 and I fear I have done that to soon. However the problem strongly existed before updating as well.
Why does copperlan drop the ethernet card intermittently and how can I stop it?