@Erich, the hardware works fine except during that screen transition. If the installer is replacing the 3rd party driver at that point, it seems reasonable to expect some communication that the connection is going to be dropped (maybe reconnect for the user). The user was just asked whether to download updates during the install. Dropping a working connection (without any notice to the user) doesn't seem right. Or, it doesn't seem like a "hardware issue."
@Erich, the hardware works fine except during that screen transition. If the installer is replacing the 3rd party driver at that point, it seems reasonable to expect some communication that the connection is going to be dropped (maybe reconnect for the user). The user was just asked whether to download updates during the install. Dropping a working connection (without any notice to the user) doesn't seem right. Or, it doesn't seem like a "hardware issue."