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Problems with newly installed Intel Gigabit CT Desktop Adapter

JClem4
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I recently purchased and installed an Intel Gigabit CT Desktop Adapter (PCI-E, 1x channel) in my desktop machine. The problem I'm having is with downloading files of any substantial size (say, above 2 MB). For example, when using IE11, the download message says "download was interrupted" or "file was interrupted" - and multiple retries never succeeds.

When I temporarily enable a wireless adapter (and disable the intel CT connection) on the desktop, the file downloads just fine. For other reasons, the wireless adapter is not a long term solution - which is why I purchased the wired CT desktop adapter.

Drivers are up-to-date: (Intel, 5/26/2015, 12.7.28.0) - In fact, I had to download the driver package from Intel using the wireless connection because of the problems mentioned above with using the CT adapter.

Also - when running the hardware diagnostics, the loopback test fails - all others pass.

Is this a hardware issue?

Thanks!

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JClem4
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Ah - should have mentioned - running Windows 7 Pro 64-bit

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AP16
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From elevated command line (run as administrator) enter netsh int tcp show global , show us result

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JClem4
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Here's what I get:

D:\Windows\system32>netsh int tcp show global

 

Querying active state...

TCP Global Parameters

 

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Receive-Side Scaling State : enabled

 

Chimney Offload State : automatic

 

NetDMA State : enabled

 

Direct Cache Acess (DCA) : disabled

 

Receive Window Auto-Tuning Level : normal

 

Add-On Congestion Control Provider : none

 

ECN Capability : disabled

 

RFC 1323 Timestamps : enabled

 

** The above autotuninglevel setting is the result of Windows Scaling heuristics

 

overriding any local/policy configuration on at least one profile.
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AP16
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netsh int tcp set global rss=disabled

netsh int tcp set global chimney=disabled

netsh int tcp set global netdma=disabled

Then reboot PC and try.

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JClem4
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Unfortunately, same behavior.

Just to verify, here are the settings after the recommended changes and a reboot:

D:\Windows\system32>netsh int tcp show global

 

Querying active state...

TCP Global Parameters

 

----------------------------------------------

 

Receive-Side Scaling State : disabled

 

Chimney Offload State : disabled

 

NetDMA State : disabled

 

Direct Cache Acess (DCA) : disabled

 

Receive Window Auto-Tuning Level : normal

 

Add-On Congestion Control Provider : none

 

ECN Capability : disabled

 

RFC 1323 Timestamps : enabled

 

** The above autotuninglevel setting is the result of Windows Scaling heuristics

 

overriding any local/policy configuration on at least one profile.
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AP16
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Please provide screenshoot of 'Advanced' properties tab of NIC properties in device manager.

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JClem4
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There are several settings available on this tab - is the one (or more) in particular to view?

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JClem4
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New info: after a few days of debugging, here's what I've learned:

  • I installed a new NIC - same make/model as previous: Intel Gigabit CT Desktop Adapter (PCI-E, 1x channel). No change in behavior - so I can at least rule this out this HW as a failure point. Curious that this NIC also fails the loopback test - but perhaps I'm not running that test correctly (i.e. I leave it connected to the router).
  • Downloading large files (>5MB) works fine with FTP - the problem appears to be with HTTP downloads only
  • Behavior is the same with IE (v11) and Firefox (40.0.3) browsers - FTP files download with no problem - HTTP downloads are either interrupted, or when they download they are corrupt (invalid signature and/or CRC error)
  • Ran a memory test (Windows Memory Diagnostic) on the desktop - no errors

Hoping these clues leads someone to a possible cause (and fix!).

Thx

 

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AP16
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Its look like trouble is in border router. Try to connect directly to provider outlet, if possible, switching off router for an hour (to cool and reboot) is also a good idea.

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