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RE: Very, very slow Networking with Vista

Jordus — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:43:44 GMT

Try this at an elevated cmd line.

netsh interface tcp set global autotuning=disabled

The autotune feature isnt perfect and will balk at certain types of traffic and other things.

SPI routers do not mess with Vista, as I have had my Vista Business laptop running on my home network with a DIR-655 router with SPI firewall and no adverse affects at all.

RE: Very, very slow Networking with Vista

WAW8 — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:11:51 GMT

If I understand what you're saying, the upload and download speeds appear to be the same in XP but are not the same in Vista?

To get some useful numbers, go to speedtest.net and run their speed tester. Since this is web-based, you can run it both on your XP box and on your Vista box.

Is your Vista box a laptop? If so, power settings can dramatically affect networking speeds.

Also, I have a previous post in this thread with some links you can check.

Let me know what you find out. Thanks.

RE: Very, very slow Networking with Vista

Patrik1974 — Mon, 05 May 2008 15:42:48 GMT

I think the problem is not will be in network end, but I have another laptop with Windows XP and the upload/download speeds are the same.
Can be a problem in some network settings in VISTA?Or can be a problem in SP1 in VISTA?

Thanks. Patrik.

RE: Very, very slow Networking with Vista

WAW8 — Mon, 05 May 2008 07:36:29 GMT

I seriously doubt you have the same speed upload and download in Broadband, but even so, the machine is not going to distinguish, in terms of network performance, between input and output. The problem is on the network end.

RE: Very, very slow Networking with Vista

Patrik1974 — Mon, 05 May 2008 03:09:13 GMT

Hi,

I have problem in VISTA Ultimate with upload speed in Asus F7Sr laptop.I have broadband internet with Up/Dw 40Mbps,but if I test download is ok 35-40Mbps but UPLOAD is very slow 2,7-3,2Mbps.I unchecked IPV6 in wifi and LAN modem cards.

Where is a problem?Thanks.Patrik.

RE: Very, very slow Networking with Vista

ctiano — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 21:10:45 GMT

Clean install of Vista Ultimate with Intel motherboard, latest drivers my gigabit lan gets max 9 megs a second transfer. My notebook which is XP far exceeds that on the same network equipment.

Anything else I can do to tweak it?

RE: Very, very slow Networking with Vista

BitStream — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:36:47 GMT

Cheers WAW8 but I still need this to be fixed before I can even consider going back to Vista and believe me, I really want to.

I am running a small network. My workstations are running Vista ultimate and my server running Windows 2003 server. Under XP I had no problems accessing mapped drives but under Vista they become inaccessible after a period of time/inactivity.

This is how it is set up. I have a folder shared on my server called applications. I have it mapped as "P:\Applications" on my Vista PC. In "stored user names and passwords" I have an entry \\Server with the login details barry@home and the password. This is exactly the same as I had in XP. When I launch Vista the drives auto connect and I can access any of the files. However after a while when I click on a mapped drive icon I get the following error dialog box entitled: "Location is not available" The error message then reads: "P:\ is not accessible. Logon failure: unknown user name or password." If I reboot Vista the mapped drives work again so it doesn't look like it's a Server 2003 problem and this didn't happen under XP.

Your thoughts would be much appreciated.

Cheers,

RE: Very, very slow Networking with Vista

quattro — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 19:19:52 GMT

WAW8 you made my day, thanks man that did the trick .

RE: Very, very slow Networking with Vista

WAW8 — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 09:19:41 GMT

Have you guys tried this:?

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Or this:?

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And finally, here's another one:

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If any of these work, please let me know. I've noticed a real slow down from XP to Vista but it's improved over the months since I began updating my NIC drivers. Have two onboard NICs (Nvidia and Marvell). Have updated both drivers at least twice -- but the throughput is still not as good as it was with XP.

RE: Very, very slow Networking with Vista

quattro — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 10:51:30 GMT

i have the same exact problem im my DELL xps700, using Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit the connection is very very slow in VISTA but in XP its fast, but when i use a wireless adapter in Vista 'Linksys' its ok, im 90% sure its some kind of conflict between Vista and NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit .

RE: Very, very slow Networking with Vista

BitStream — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 06:57:36 GMT

I agree cyclic but no matter what I do I can't resolve this issue: [url=]http://www.vistaforums.com/Forum/Topic6431-45-1.aspx[/url] also the extremely slow performance of Vista on my network meant that apps like my email client would stall for long periods accessing the mail on the server. I have no doubt I'll go back to it, I mean, I've paid for the blooming thing but not until these fundamental problems are fixed.

RE: Very, very slow Networking with Vista

cyclic — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 03:16:25 GMT

That's a shame, most networking problems have been cleared up one way or another, even by installing XP drivers on Vista and removing the newer protocols, I do feel that MS might be offering more in the way of helping peeps configure their Vista network components especially if it's putting some off the OS completely.

RE: Very, very slow Networking with Vista

BitStream — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:56:18 GMT

I have just switched back to XP and I can't believe how much faster networking is. Until this is resolved I can't see me using Vista again for a while sadly as I really like it.

RE: Very, very slow Networking with Vista

jdplus3 — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 13:17:01 GMT

I would add that when physically plugged in to the LAN, the speed seems to be comparable to other machines as far as data access, but there is still a long lag for bringing up the print dialogue box

RE: Very, very slow Networking with Vista

jdplus3 — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:14:02 GMT

I have the slow networking responses using a new Dell D420 Laptop in a wireless office LAN accessing a local SQL Server on a 2003 R2 Server. My XP machines are snappy pulling up data and printing over the wlan. This machine, after my free Vista upgrade, pauses for a few seconds before retrieving a record from the server, and may take 10 seconds before pulling up the print dialogue box. I too suspect that a clean install might be the answer.

RE: Very, very slow Networking with Vista

wichers — Wed, 23 May 2007 06:49:41 GMT

I am having the same type of problem that a number of others have indicated. I have a brand new Dell with Vista Home Premium and the machine itself is very fast but internet access if VERY VERY slow. I am accessing the internet from home through Comcast and have a LinkSys CableModem and then a LinkSys EtherFast Cable/DSL Router (BEFSR41 V3) with the latest firmware (1.05 from 2005).

I have Windows laptop on the same network using Windows XP SP2 and its internet access if very fast (its the computer I'm using now). However, the Vista machine is very very slow on the same network setup. Thus, it is PRETTY CLEAR that there is some problem with Vista itself.

Is Microsoft going to start researching whether there are incompatibilities between the new TCP/IP stack and common routing technologies? One posting previous stated: "Trouble is, the new and improved TCP/IP stack in Windows Vista falls apart when it encounters an SPI-enabled router."

I don't know if that is the problem or not, but it seemed like the internet access speeds were fairly normal when I first got the machine and they have been degrading over time. I would have noticed that it was really slow right away when I first got it, but that wasn't the case. However, we have had the machine for a month now and only started to notice the slowdown in the last few weeks. (Its my wife's not mine, so I don't use it every day). Someone else posted: "I got a new clean installation of Vista Home Premium. I have just plugged in the network cable and run the speedtest, guess what? The problem is GONE." So, someone with Vista from the factory with no patches installed has fast internet access, but when they install all the available patches, the problem occurs. So was the problem introduced by one of the patches?

Can someone from Microsoft give us some advice here or let us know if they are looking into this or these issues?

Thanks,

RE: Very, very slow Networking with Vista

drmom5 — Sun, 13 May 2007 18:27:29 GMT

[quote]NorthAveAlum (4/5/2007)[hr]

In addition, I cannot get vista to update the Intel Pro/1000 network connection driver to the latest version. Vista comes back telling me that I have the latest driver - when, clearly, there is a latest version on Intel. Download it, vista won't update the driver.

Any help?[/quote]

I am not able to get a new driver for my Intel PRO/100 VE (onboard Gigabyte 8I865GME-775RH). It connects to the internet fine but I have no INTRAnet in my house. I am sure it's missing a protocol for Vista 64. I have disabled TCP6.

RE: Very, very slow Networking with Vista

Walker — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 12:55:25 GMT

Nortavealum: Might want to uncheck the "use microsoft update(or something like that" box in the updater. This is due to a little bug that has appeared with the releases which for some reason creates trouble with full listing of updates.

As for the wi-fi problem soz but can't help there as i hate wi-fi

RE: Very, very slow Networking with Vista

Lexxon — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 14:04:58 GMT

Same deal at my college. Can get to google and very small parts of cached webmail sites for my work, but it logs in and then simply hangs.

I've turned off IPv6, changed from public to private and back and forth, the one thing I didn't get to try at the college itself was the power-saving feature on the wireless card, found in advanced power settings, although I think it was half the time on the correct setting, and still not finding anything.

If there is any distinct workaround for these issues that doesn't involve the college lifting the firewall...it would be nice, eh? There isn't a way to disable all the 'new improved' crap Vista does to networking?

RE: Very, very slow Networking with Vista

NorthAveAlum — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 10:47:56 GMT

I'm having the same set of problems on an Acer Travelmate 8204 with Vista Ultimate, Intel Pro/1000 PM Network Connection (wired) and my Intel wireless card. The signal strength on my wireless connection is "good" with me sitting 5 feet from my Bountiful wireless router. My kids are 1-2 floors from the router and they get "excellent" to "very good" signal strength on their Windows XP machines.

In addition, I cannot get vista to update the Intel Pro/1000 network connection driver to the latest version. Vista comes back telling me that I have the latest driver - when, clearly, there is a latest version on Intel. Download it, vista won't update the driver.

Any help?

RE: Very, very slow Networking with Vista

t2sa — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 13:48:10 GMT

It doesn't work neither with Firefox or with Skype, for instance.

RE: Very, very slow Networking with Vista

Tom Tucker — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 19:53:16 GMT

Hello Everyone,

This is very basic but has anyone tried turning off the Phishing filter if you are running IE 7.0 to see if that makes any difference? Is the problem happening if you try firefox?

RE: Very, very slow Networking with Vista

t2sa — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 10:14:40 GMT

Hi,
I have the same pbl: my internet connection (ethernet and wireless) works perfectly with my laptop (XP Pro) but is very very slow with my new Dell desktop (Vista Premium), would it be with Firefox or Explorer (as a matter of fact, it worked fine first and got slower each day). In many forums, I read that it could be usefull to disactivate AutoTuning but it didn't work for me. I also disactivated Windows' Firewall without success.
If any one can help me...
Many thanks in advance,
Timothee

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RE: Very, very slow Networking with Vista

Lhotse — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 13:11:45 GMT

a little update...

Today I reinstalled windows twice. The first time I reinstalled with the Windows CD. No repair or upgrade. Just a new installataion of Vista Ultimate into a new partition. During the installation I let windows download everything it needed from Windows Update. When the installation was finnish I run Windows Update again and got the rest of the patches and some of the extras to Windows Ultimate. The result= Same problem!!

Second time I run the recovery cd from Asus with the network cabel unpluged (so that Windows wouldnt download any updates). Now I got a new clean installation of Vista Home Premium. I have just plugged in the network cable and run the speedtest, guess what? The problem is GONE. I now get 2,44 MB/s

Btw, this is the speedtest i run: http://speedtest.bahnhof.se/ (download the 100mb file).

RE: Very, very slow Networking with Vista

Lhotse — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 07:13:04 GMT

Im having the same problem!

I have tried everything. Disabled the firewall, changed from pirvate to public, removed uneccessary stuff from the network connection so I only use IP v.4 (with netbios disabled), etc...

Iv got a brand new Asus FT3 laptop and plug it in directly to my cable modem (with no routers or firewalls between) and get a maximum of 20-40 kbit/s. Then plug in my old laptop (WinXP, with the same network cable directly to the cablemodem) and guess what, I get > 8mbit/s

This must be something wrong in Vista!

Have anynone found a solution??

RE: Very, very slow Networking with Vista

99hamiltonl — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:16:53 GMT

I am having the same problem with a dell inspiron laptop, access to a local network is very good, the network is set to private, I also have the Broadcom network, and I have the same problem.

I can transfer many files over the network, other computers are running fine (all of which are on XP, some wireless others not). All the other computers laptops and desktops have very good internet access, my vista laptop doesn't.

All firewalls were also turned off to make sure they were not causing a problem, and there was no difference.

I can't understand why its not working as only the internet is effected on the only vista computer.

RE: Very, very slow Networking with Vista

falkirk18 — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:39:53 GMT

Windows firewall is off. Also disabled all other saftey software. Tried you suggestion as far as making the network private, but same problem. I've found several articles stating a problem that Vista has had since Beta versions were released in regards to the new TCP/IP stack communicating with wireless routers. Here is a little of what I've found:

"The culprit is the built-in firewall software on the DI-724U router, which features Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI). This is not the only router in the SOHO market that features SPI - Netgear's WGR614 and Linksys' WRT54GS are among dozens of products that offer similar capabilities. Trouble is, the new and improved TCP/IP stack in Windows Vista falls apart when it encounters an SPI-enabled router.

One workaround is to disable SPI on the router. That significantly weakens a key layer of network security, but it allows Internet traffic to get through. Unfortunately, the D-Link DI-724U, like several other products in the same family, doesn't allow SPI to be disabled"

Now, I can't exactly ask the University to upgrade thier router's firmware, and they won't turn the firewalls off. So, that leaves microsoft to fix a problem they've know about for months and have decided to do nothing about. Guess we can just keep waiting!

Matt

RE: Very, very slow Networking with Vista

Jason — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:14:37 GMT

Have you guys tried changing your network status to "private" from public and turning off windows firewall?

RE: Very, very slow Networking with Vista

falkirk18 — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:40:36 GMT

Same Problem! I have a Inspirion E1550 with an Intel 3945ABG internal card. I can log onto my University's wireless network, have a great connection, but can only access google.com. Searches run fine, but cannot access any outside website! And I've had no problems accessing the internet on my home wireless network!

RE: Very, very slow Networking with Vista

theminhb — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 13:11:03 GMT

Same here. I'm on a new HP pc, a week old. I did do a nvidia network driver update but I am not certain of any change in performance. The pic maxed around 66%, unusually high. Most of the time its much much lower. Also performance when connecting to my netdrive is so incredibly slow compared to the XP pc next to this one. It takes Vista a long time to index up before I can actually do anything with files. Sort of hangs until its fully indexed.

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RE: Very, very slow Networking with Vista

nimbus93 — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 08:42:14 GMT

hi,

having exactly same troubles on DELL Precision 380 with Broadcom NetXtrem 57xx, but i don't think there is a trouble with this NIC.

Have tried with IntelPro100/1000 and with NEtGear NIC and With Realtek NIC: same thing

No troubles with www.google.com or www.lives.com or intranet

others web site download are about 800 bytes/sec !?!

Same thing with direct IP of web site !

I had this troubles on Beta2 and now on RC1.

Help please

RE: Very, very slow Networking with Vista

Jason — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 10:13:34 GMT

are you sure the dns's for that machine are not pointing somewhere wierd? That would cause a long hangup while they try to resolve. Have you tried going to a website by just the ip not the .com?

Very, very slow Networking with Vista

indie1982 — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 05:53:59 GMT

Hi everyone, I'm running build 5384 on a Dell Precision 370 and a Precision 380. I've tried 64 and 32bit versions but I keep having the following problem:

Basically I can access the internet but very, very slowly. Most pages just time out.

The machines both have Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit NIC's connected to Dell Powerconnect Gigabit switches. I've tried Manual IP config and DHCP but I can't get a reasonable speed through via ethernet!

There's nothing wrong with the network, I've got hundreds of XP 32bit and x64 clients connected to the same network and they can all access the Internet fine.

I can ping other clients on the netowork from the Vista machines and I get <1ms Ping times, there's nothing wrong with DNS or gateways etc. I just have a feeling this is a NIC or software issue. I've got no other NIC's a can try with the machines either.

It's not a problem with our ISP as the slow ethernet connection is also happening whilst trying to transfer files internally across the network. I've tried changing port on the switch, i've even tried another manufacturer's switch which didn't help! I've replaced network cables also.

I can't even get either of the machines to connect to Windows Update, it just times out!

Any ideas anyone?