Hi folks, I notice there are mentions of this issue on various forums, usually relating to Windows 7 and Vista. I am running Windows Server 2008 R2 and it's been working great...until recently. Suddenly I lose connection on that machine! At first I thought built-in NIC has died, but the new PCI NIC is not behaving any better. I tried different patch leads and ports to no avail. I even reinstalled the OS and still nada! I have also altered the local security policy so unidentified networks is automatically set as private network.

The only difference that happened recently is our USR modem + Linksys wifi ap combo was replaced by a single Linksys WAG160Nv2. The crazy thing is everything else still works just fine - all the other PCs on WiFi and our Bluray player on wired still work just fine and has full access to the Internet.

I'm at a loss on this - what else should I be checking for? I'm sure I've missed something...may well be something glaringly obvious!

FYI, this PC used to work just fine and has been a fantastic workhorse for a couple of years.

Any help would be greatly appreciated - if you're in ChCh there's a pint of your choice in it for you!