So is there an update for this issue?
As far as I know I have the newest 82579V drivers and ME firmware is up to date. However on my Asus Maximus IV Z-Gene/3Gen Mobo the ethernet port (82579V NIC) still says Network Cable is unplugged unless I change the link speed from auto-negotiation to 10mbs half duplex. But then my speeds are DRASTICALLY reduced so its not worth it. Just using wireless for now but it is just such a shame Intel has not properly addressed this yet, I mean it has been like two years of having this issue and spending hours trying ever possible solution I've found on these forums and others.
As there any other suggestion Mark? Any new information? Should I just buy an NIC expansion card if I want to use a wired ethernet connection? It just seems nothing is working and it is so fustrating.
The new driver seemed to allow the NIC to recognize the ethernet sometimes when in auto-negotiation but it was random it seemed and whenever it did, if I ran a speedtest I would get Ping:11 but then when the test went to Download speed, it just sits there saying Calculating FOREVER. When I asked Windows (7 64bit) to Diagnose the problem it said it was having trouble contacting the DNS server. So I manually entered the OpenDNS servers and that problem went away according to windows, however the Download speed problem still exists.
But then anytime I disable the NIC to go back to wireless so I can use the internet, if I reenable the NIC it says Network Cable unplugged again until I reboot the PC or just get lucky with randomly changing Link speeds and disabling/enabling random options in the Config menu to get it to see it.
It is just so peculiar and any light shed on this situation would be much appreciated. Thanks for reading.