I have a discrete NIC: Bigfoot Networks Killer 2100 PCIe card, and I have been connecting to the internet through that. Now I am considering removing the NIC to make room for a different PCIe card...
So, I wanted to test the functionality of the onboard Intel LAN controller. It works fine, BUT when I start the computer with the ethernet cable attached to the motherboard (instead of the PCIe card NIC), it takes Windows a long time to discover the internet connection.
When I open the "Network and Sharing Center" in Windows, I see it searching the "Undefined Network" for internet connectivity. Then finally after searching that for about a minute and not finding any connection, Windows adds "Network 2" to the list of active networks, and finds the internet connection there. So it takes well over a minute for Windows to find the internet at startup under this configuration. Whereas when I am connected through the Killer 2100 NIC, it finds the internet within a few seconds of startup.
And I have looked at the "Network and Sharing Center" when I startup connected through the NIC. The difference is that "Network 2" is immediately present under the list of active networks right from the start. And apparently Windows does not search the "Undefined Network" at all for internet connectivity under this scenario. I believe the only reason the "Undefined Network" is present is because it hosts several virtual network adapters for VMWare Workstation.
So my question is: how to make Windows "see" the connection through the Intel LAN controller immediately on startup? I don't want to remove the NIC, add a different PCIe card, and have to wait a few minutes for internet access each time a start Windows.
Thanks for any thoughts!
So, I wanted to test the functionality of the onboard Intel LAN controller. It works fine, BUT when I start the computer with the ethernet cable attached to the motherboard (instead of the PCIe card NIC), it takes Windows a long time to discover the internet connection.
When I open the "Network and Sharing Center" in Windows, I see it searching the "Undefined Network" for internet connectivity. Then finally after searching that for about a minute and not finding any connection, Windows adds "Network 2" to the list of active networks, and finds the internet connection there. So it takes well over a minute for Windows to find the internet at startup under this configuration. Whereas when I am connected through the Killer 2100 NIC, it finds the internet within a few seconds of startup.
And I have looked at the "Network and Sharing Center" when I startup connected through the NIC. The difference is that "Network 2" is immediately present under the list of active networks right from the start. And apparently Windows does not search the "Undefined Network" at all for internet connectivity under this scenario. I believe the only reason the "Undefined Network" is present is because it hosts several virtual network adapters for VMWare Workstation.
So my question is: how to make Windows "see" the connection through the Intel LAN controller immediately on startup? I don't want to remove the NIC, add a different PCIe card, and have to wait a few minutes for internet access each time a start Windows.
Thanks for any thoughts!
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