Question drivers for network card keep crapping out on me...

[ragez0r]

motherboard Ramsta rs-a88
cpu.. AMD-A8-8780
16gb of ram

has a network card built into it as most modern day mobos do... but mine keeps going offline.. possibly due to my going ham on downloading.. either steam ,porn or torrents, not your concern.. back in windows7 if I selected "troubleshoot" the part where the network drivers are reset would fix it real quick.. so my question is, would buying a stand alone pci network card rectify the problem, in my current location.. only 3.50$... I'll order pci instead of pci e.. just in case...I use windows 10 fyi... I have the case it's side with side panel open for heat to escape... but I think the heat sink fan is blowing out the rear.. and maybe the heat is passing over the built in network card..... But a pci network card would be slightly away from the hsf... sorry it's a big change going from a arctic country to a tropical one, PC heat was never an issue.. the fiber optics modem is only 1 meter from the PC.. any of you think it's worth going to a pci wifi thing instead ?

 

[Ralston18]

Make and model modem? Make and model router (or modem/router if combined)?

Doublecheck that only one network adapter (be it wired or wireless) is enabled.

Other questions:

What source(s) are you using to download the drivers?

Are you using any third party apps or tools to download the network card drivers?

Look in Reliability Monitor for any error codes, warnings, or informational events regarding network adapters or other network references.

Run "ipconfig /all" (without quotes) via the Command Prompt.

Copy and paste the full results here.

 

[ragez0r]

Make and model modem? Make and model router (or modem/router if combined)?

Doublecheck that only one network adapter (be it wired or wireless) is enabled.

Other questions:

What source(s) are you using to download the drivers?

Are you using any third party apps or tools to download the network card drivers?

Look in Reliability Monitor for any error codes, warnings, or informational events regarding network adapters or other network references.

Run "ipconfig /all" (without quotes) via the Command Prompt.

Copy and paste the full results here.

Modem is a 1 unit thing.. brand name echolife GP8816A.

For the ipconfig results please wait till tomorrow.. it is currently 0500 in this part of the world

And network drivers are whatever Microsoft decided is best after I pressed "install windows 10"

Windows 10 says no updates available and pressing "update drivers" in device manager does nothing and I can't find any network drivers updates on the ramsta website.. half of it being in Mandarin doesn't help either.

Already ordered the network card.. 5$us with shipping, can't hurt to have it around even if I don't use it...

 

[ragez0r]

C:\Users\chris>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : DESKTOP-AJIQTS8
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Wireless LAN adapter Wi-Fi 2:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8188EU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB 2.0 Network Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-E0-5C-00-8F-ED
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 11:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter #3
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-E0-5C-00-8F-ED
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 12:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter #4
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-E0-5C-00-8F-ED
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Ethernet:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-E0-21-93-A0-BB
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::9581:af1d:b382:bada%7(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.100.139(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, 25 February 2025 6:19:12 am
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, 26 February 2025 6:19:11 am
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.100.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.100.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 570482721
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-2F-47-9C-87-00-E0-21-93-A0-BB
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.100.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

 

[Ralston18]

On your PC, first disable IPv6. Determine if that makes a difference.

Allow a day or so.

The next suggestion will be to increase the DHCP IP lease time on the router. Technically not an issue but short lease times can be problematic.

Current lease time is 24 hours. Increase to a week.

The next step will be to change the DNS servers to Google at 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4.

Keep track of what you do and when.

If nothing helps then hopefully the new network card will work.

For the record: What make and model network card did you order? Specs? Source?