I'm having issues with a Windows Server 2012 - Dell PowerEdge R300.
Every time the server restarts the network adapter gets limited connection and does not work. I have to locally disable the network adapter and re-enable and it works normally until the next reboot.
Network Adapter: Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Driver version: 16.6.0.4 - specifically from Broadcom Website since Dell Support is with 16.2.0 and the issue still happening.
After the issue I look into the Event viewer however does not show me anything useful.
Any ideas what could be causing it ?
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Have you checked for a firmware update for the NIC?2.
What other diagnostics/troubleshooting have you performed?3.
Have you verified DNS settings and the default gateway settings?4.
Can you manually run these tests successfully? - blogs.technet.com/b/networking/archive/2012/12/20/…