
Systems using Microsoft Windows 8 are more susceptible to the issue. Not all systems with the Intel 82579V Network connection will see this problem.

This utility resolves an issue where during system resume, the Intel 82579V Gigabit Ethernet PHY Network Connection erroneously reports the device id as an Intel 82579LM Gigabit Ethernet Controller Network Connection, resulting in a Windows* Code 10 error and loss of network connection.
