Networking & Wi-Fi

[pdoyle1]

After years of wireless connections wtih Satellite A105-S2716, both on-board G and usb netgear wireless N, I'm now unable to connect through ethernet port.  FIOS in-home agent states there's no driver for wired network adapter found.  I did do a clean re-install of XP SP3 about a year ago with original install discs from Toshiba.

Device Manager showed 2 Marvel Yukon ethernet adapters; '....08306....' was part of their name...I tried to update one of them; getting drivers from CNET indicating they matched my device number; tried to install; but marvell adapter device reported to be 'not working';  i had to rollback to previous driver. Then it showed as 'working' but didn't connect with ethernet FIOS.

the other marvel adapter i uninstalled, then couldn't find the device as it didn't appear in device manager; don't remember but it was the same number, but different name, than the other Marvell Yukon device.
So now I can only detect one Marvell device, have lost the other; and can't connect to ethernet.

Anyone know where I can get? i still have the original install disk with the OS but don't konw how to load drivers from it.

thanks!    pdoyle

[Jerry_Lippey]

Satellite A105-S2716

It's here.

   Marvell LAN Driver for Windows XP

All your drivers and utilities are here.

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I did do a clean re-install of XP SP3 about a year ago with original install discs from Toshiba.

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Toshiba did not supply install discs for Windows XP. You must have restored the hard disk to its original out-of-the-box contents using the Toshiba recovery media.

If so, then all of the correct drivers and utilities should have been in place

[pdoyle1]

thanks Jerry...

yes you are correct, it is simply a recovery disc.

I already downloaded that Marvell driver; opened it with 7zip; thought I updated the Marvell ethernet device with the inf. file from the zipfile; restarted, but device mgr reported it didn't work.  so i rolled back to previous driver, which device mgr says works, but no ethernet connection.

I did a power reset of the fios router/modem, turning devices on one by one...i can still connect wirelessly, but laptop so slow i'm hoping to get more speed with ethernet connectivity.

i'm using ethernet from a netgear switch, which is connected to my Fios router/modem mrw4214 or the like...that shouldn't matter, right?

under network connections it shows up as Incoming; but 'no client connection'.

1. please can you direct me to proper installation of drivers directions?

maybe driver is ok; fios in-home agent software scans and says there's no network adapter for ethernet connection; so maybe it's missing hardware???

1. also, does it matter that i cannot see the second Marvell adapter? might be a mini scheduler or port or something like that...is that part of the first device? i lost sight of it when i uninstalled it, thinking i'd reinstall the device but couldn't find it.

thanks! pdoyle

[Jerry_Lippey]

If you indeed restored the hard disk to its original out-of-the-box contents using Toshiba recovery media, then I don't understand what this is about.

Everything should work at that point.

[pdoyle1]

Jerry, more effort and i think it may be hardware?

FIOS in-home agent software in trying to establish an ethernet connection to the home network, failed and reported it cannot find the ethernet adapter ; and advised that the laptop be taken to a pc repair shop....i'm now guessing that's hardware, there's no mention of drivers or software in the failure notice. Again, my on-board wireless G adapter works fine, and i normally run a netgear wirless N usb adapter for better speed. 

I also tried your gigabit drivers; now the Marvell adapters are both reported to be "working" by device manager.

but network connections shows "incoming connection" but "no client". i assume that's the ethernet cat5 cable connected to the port.

do i need to modify the toshiba modem at all?

i downloaded DriverMax program from cnet; updated 2 drivers but i cannot tell which of the 23 drivers that program shows, would pertain to the ethernet connection...so i updated 2, but no apparent difference.

i did notice one of the marvell adapters says 'wireless' so i assume i ignore that one.

I also tried new connection wizard; to set up tcpip connection; then tried client; didn't have the driver; then tried protocol; didn't find the driver.  i'm desperate.

I also tried the ping tests...127.0.0.1 etc. from microsoft; all the tests worked, except one; i forget which one.

any ideas please?

thanks pdoyle 

[Jerry_Lippey]

No ideas. If things on the laptop don't work after the restore, the software is not the problem.

[1001obiavi]

This is that im searching.
Thanks you for very useful information!