Multiple LAN connections!

seventhdaybass · 11th August 2007

Hi all,

I am having a problem with my Local Area Connections... Every time I boot the computer up, it recognizes 2 connections and tries to use both of them which in turn clashes and I get no internet at all... I disable the one that is named 'Unidentified Network' and try to leave the 'Network' one going, but it disables both of them when one is disabled... I run the diagnose and repair for internet and it enables the 'Network' one and is 50/50 chance of wether it enables the other one or not again, If not then I am good to go, if it does then i disable them again and redo the process...

I am trying to figure out how to get rid of one of the connections all together so I don't have this problem, or change a setting so it seperates the two from each other and I can only run one of them.

I am running Home Basic Vista
Motherboard: ASUS A8N32-SLI DELUXE with built in ethernet controllers
Network: the motherboard manual states the following:
LAN:
Marvell PCI Express Gigabit LAN controller
Marvell Gigabit LAN PHY
NVIDIA nForce4 SLI built-in Gigabit MAC w/external
Marvell Gigabit LAN PHY supports:
- NV Active Armor
- NV Firewall
- NV RIS (Remote Installation Service)
- AI NET

Both the Marvell Yukon 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller and the NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller are recognized as hardware in the device manager. If I disable one of them and leave the other one going, I restart the computer and it recognizes it as new hardware and re-enables it sending me back to my multiple network adaptors...

Please help all, I really don't have a problem going through the steps to get the internet going, but my lady is not too computer literate and can't do it.

Thank You!!

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