Improved WLAN performance

[Naseru]

General inquiry...

I have an SMC 802.11b/g PCI card configured with WEP to an AP 6-8 feet away.
My bandwidth throughput (maximum sustained upload or download rates) have
been better in Vista than XP (same machine, dual-boot setup).

Am I the only person who has seen *improved* wireless bandwidth throughput
on Vista versus XP? ... or am I dreaming because Vista might calculate
throughput differently?

- naseru

 

[Zack Whittaker]

Could be the new networking stack - although Vista is at Beta 2, I wouldn't
have said that the actual networking stack is at the same quality. Make sure
that IPv6 is disabled in your settings... and try bugging it )
http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.php?bugreport - options to bug.

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[Guest]

yes, you are the ONLY person experiencing better throughput. Good luck on
your side!

 

[Naseru]

Haha, thanks =)

yes, you are the ONLY person experiencing better throughput. Good luck on
your side!

 

[Naseru]

Thanks for the reminder (networking stacks). I actually have IPv6 enabled
on both XP and Vista OSes, oh well. I'm actually interested in going
all-IPv6 in the near future.

- naseru

 

[Guest]

He's not the only one. I went from 3-4mbs on my heavily tweaked XP system to
5-6mbs with Vista. While I find some aspects of Vista annoying, I may keep it
just because of that improvement.