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Vista’s new TCP/IP stack offers plenty of improvements, but unfortunately doesn’t always play well with older hardware that isn’t aware of the newer features it uses. Steve Riley on Security mentions that this can be a problem when trying to use wireless networking with a router that doesn’t understand the updated ‘Windows Tuning’ feature. He suggests this is more common with routers used for public internet connections, such as at a hotel. The fix is to disable autotuning, which happens to be the same fix from tip 25 which dealt with threaded network applications.
- Click on the Start menu and type
cmdin the search box. Type CTR+SHIFT+ENTER to tell the command prompt to open with elevated privileges.
- In the command prompt window, type
netsh int tcp set global autotuninglevel=disableand hit Enter
- After getting the OK returned in the command prompt window, restart to activate the change.
If the change doesn’t help, you can always revert by going though the same process, but instead, use the command:
netsh int tcp set global autotuninglevel=normal
Don’t forget to reboot!
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Wireless networking trouble with Vista
Mar 22, 2007 at 1:35 pm
[...] Re: Wireless networking trouble with Vista This tip may work, it seems to be a ’solve all’ type thing that is suggested for many networking problems in Vista: ITsVISTA Tip 47: Improve Wireless Connectivity in Vista [...]
Tony
Apr 7, 2007 at 8:02 am
Tried this tip actually not to solve a problem but an annoyance, namely: I have among others a notebook with vista installed. After booting up it would take aproximately 2-3 minutes untill vista connects and “identifies” my wireless network (through my home router) which is defaulted in vista. This tip did not help but I would surely appreciate any other tip on resolving this!?! Thanks!
Chris
May 7, 2007 at 3:20 pm
Tony. I would suggest you try and find the latest drivers for your wireless card and possibly do a firmware update on the router. I had a similar issue a while ago on XP and the firmware update on my d-link worked a treat.
Tony
May 8, 2007 at 5:52 am
Thank you Chris, wireless card drivers up to date through Microsoft Update, wireless router firmware updated to latest from the vendor site. Any other tips?
Darren
Jun 4, 2007 at 9:07 pm
Are you using a readyboost flash drive?..I’m not a networking expert but have found vista responds beautifully when one is plugged..that includes less boot time and quicker connections to wireless. Of course this does not solve the underlying issue but may serve as a handy solution for the time being. Good luck.
Tony
Jun 5, 2007 at 12:11 am
Thanks Darren for the follow up. No flash drives used as supplimentary memory as my system has 2GB of RAM, boot time is ok, power-up to desktop in less than 20 seconds, problem is that desktop locks 15 seconds after boot for a minute or so untill wireless networking is established and network identified.
jonam
Jul 27, 2007 at 9:25 am
Tony: slow desktop.
pl try removing the pasword on your router ( if you had setup one ). pl also set your router to NOT broadcast the ssid.
regards,
-j-
K
Nov 19, 2007 at 9:55 pm
worked great
LindsayG
Dec 14, 2007 at 5:47 pm
My machine isn’t old, it’s brand new, but this solved the problem. Nice one!
Frank
Jan 9, 2008 at 9:15 am
Try this tip and doesn’t work on mine either. I have a Belkin N wireless router and try to hook up wireless with my new notebook with Window Vista, if I don’t set any security password at all, it works. But if I set WEP or WPA, it can’t connect, I can’t connect for over a month now, and I try most of the tips here….think I will give up and go back to XP instead….
Randy
Aug 5, 2008 at 12:43 am
I am going to try this when I get home. Hope it works.
Randy
Aug 5, 2008 at 12:44 am
Still think VISTA blows though.
Frank Slovo
Aug 9, 2008 at 2:49 am
I am trying to connect an iPod touch to my wireless base station. In the wi-fi settings in the iPod I can see my Network name but when I enter my password it comes up Incorrect password for my network connection. Okay I reset my Base station and re-entered a new password (shorter this time) made sure I entered it right and clicked JOIN on the iPod but still I get the incorrect password error. Any suggestions? Thanks
Frank
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