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Windows 10 never any dropping of ethernet, upgraded to Windows 11 every now and then dropping of ethernet, Why Microsoft?

Anonymous
2024-10-15T18:34:23+00:00

Since 2018 I have Windows 10 on this new machine and since a few moths now I had finally upgraded to Windows 11. The problems with dropping ethernet connection sstarted when I updated from W10 to W11. Every now and then the Realtek Gaming2.5GbE family controller is dropping, during playing minecraft on my server at home, it disconnects and after a few seconds it connects as if nothing happened.

My Wifi network connector (Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9560 160MHz ) never used before during Windows 10, now is the only reliable connection, never dropping out.

I tried EVERYTHING i could find on the internet, resetting several times, settings on the networcard like power energy saving bla bla, even found something here that suggested all I tried too (https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/hi-i-have-an-issue-with-windows-11-my-network/ccd5536c-7ba4-450f-8f54-5fc9011c22a4)

But the problem lies not with the drivers, I did a reinstall, a few times even, did not help any thing, the problem is WINDOWS 11 and not the networkcard.

Logic dictates if all plausable actions fail, the unplausable facts remain, and that is the interconnection that Windows 11 uses to gain datastream through the networkcard.

If I had the time, energy and willpower to reinstall Windows 11, I did that to just rule out a faulty Windows driver, but I still am pretty sure this problem lies in the top software, and not in the hardware driver.

Tell me I am wrong, and I will try to follow this up, but not directly, because of time-energy etc...

And after a brief consideration, I tried again and did follow all those steps, and restarted several times, and fired up Minecraft to test.... Not long, after 15 minutes or so, the connection dropped out again.

So Microsoft, I do hope you will look into this issue, because I cannot use the full potential of network connection through fiber-gigaspeed I recently bought into.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-12-30T14:42:56+00:00

    I did what you suggested, and while the connection does not drop like somebody disconnects it, now the streamed video's just stops... and having the taskmanager giving me visual the actual throughput of ethernet, it is still not ok.
    So, must the manufacturers of switches, computerhardware, cables and whatnot needs to change their products? or does MICROSOFT NEEDS TO CHECK THEIR ****?

    Incredible that this 'just happens' and still nobody from Microsoft makes any effort to help here... So stupid. As soon as companies get big, they lose interest in their buyers, don't give a damn, just grab all their money. As usual we are just a speck and not worth listening to... Thank you Mickeysoft for all those years of agony and support.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-11-20T17:49:35+00:00

    I have noticed that when I view a videofile from my server, with the NIC it constantly buffers, not a big file, but when I shut the NIC off and use my wifi, it runs fluently...
    This was NEVER an issue on Windows 10, Microsoft!

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-11-19T09:06:10+00:00

    It is a Windows 11 issue, now we have to wait if and when Microsoft engineers will pick this up!

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-11-18T23:10:08+00:00

    This issue has persisted for some time. My device also only disconnects at 2.5GbE, while the same NIC at 1GbE remains connected without any problems. If I use the identical NIC with the same router and cable on Windows 10, the connection remains stable at 2.5GbE. Interestingly, if I connect Windows 11 directly to the ONT, bypassing the router, the problem does not occur. It seems there is a distinct change in the way Windows 11 communicates with routers compared to Windows 10 at 2.5GbE.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-11-06T11:49:57+00:00

    I think I'm gonna wait until someone at Microsoft is gonna pick this up and actually make a change, because besides me having an original Windows version and 6 years running under W10 without any problems like this, and when the update to W11 was done, those problems showed up. So I did all the actions I could find and what you suggested, it still leaves me with one option, to install W11 from scratch, and that is something I can't do right now.

    Roll back to W10 is also not an option for me, don't ask why, can't tell really, so I'm waiting for Windows 11 update cycles and hope that this issue is going away silently.

    Thanks so far for helping me out.

    Mr. A. van Andel

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