losing 1394 adapter network bridge

After installing Vista, it took out my 1394 network adapter and also the network bridge so I lose internet connectivity immediately. It says the device won't work until I get an updated driver from the manufacturer. In the properties of the 1394 adapter, it says the manufacturer is Microsoft.
I have an Alienware with an Intel Pro 1000 network adapter. That adapter works fine and I can connect to my home network, I just can't seem to see the internet after Vista.
This happesns whether I do a clean install or an upgrade to XP Pro with a working internet connection.
-- TimothyP

TimothyP wrote:

After installing Vista, it took out my 1394 network adapter and also the network bridge so I lose internet connectivity immediately. It says the device won't work until I get an updated driver from the manufacturer. In the properties of the 1394 adapter, it says the manufacturer is Microsoft.
I have an Alienware with an Intel Pro 1000 network adapter. That adapter works fine and I can connect to my home network, I just can't seem to see the internet after Vista.
This happesns whether I do a clean install or an upgrade to XP Pro with a working internet connection.

check this out... http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/bus/1394/IP_1394.mspx

Actually, that wasn't the problem at all.
In researching this further, it appears to be a common problem with newer routers that have SPI enabled by default. Mine is a D-link DGL 4100 gigabit gaming router. I had to go in and disable SPI in the firewall settings and now its mostly good. Now it only suffers from another common ailment, slow networking. Haven't figured that one out yet but I see there are plenty of posts about it.
-- TimothyP
"Balasubramanian Ramanathan" wrote:

TimothyP wrote: After installing Vista, it took out my 1394 network adapter and also the network bridge so I lose internet connectivity immediately. It says the device won't work until I get an updated driver from the manufacturer. In the properties of the 1394 adapter, it says the manufacturer is Microsoft.
I have an Alienware with an Intel Pro 1000 network adapter. That adapter works fine and I can connect to my home network, I just can't seem to see the internet after Vista.
This happesns whether I do a clean install or an upgrade to XP Pro with a working internet connection.

check this out... http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/bus/1394/IP_1394.mspx