Internet runs slower on vista than on XP desktop

[Guest]

My main problem is, I have a laptop running Vista Home Premium, and the
internet runs significantly slower on it that on my XP desktop. My desktop is
wired to the internet, but my laptop is on wireless. We have a 6mbit
connection, and Ive run speed tests confirming such. However, when I download
something on my desktop, it goes 700kb/s on average, but my laptop is going
70kb/s. Anyone have any clue what may be causing this? Its driving me insane.

Thanks a bunch

 

[Guest]

I have the same issue , overall internet is significanly slower loading
pages; hope someone has some ideas...

 

[Retired]

Could be that your Vista machine has insufficient power for Vista. Vista is
a very demanding operating system. For efficient performance, it should have
at least 2 GB of RAM, 40 GB of hard drive storage, 256 MB of display adapter
memory with Direct X9-capable 3D graphics, and a 2 GHZ CPU.

 

[Guest]

Hehe, thats definitely not the issue. My latop is a core 2 duo 7200 2.0 GHz,
2gigs ram, NVidia GeForce Go 7200 512 dedi, and a good bit of other stuff. My
laptops power is definitely not the problem, and if it is, vista needs to go
back to the drawing boards completely.

Does anyone have an idea as to what this issue is?

 

[Chuck [MVP]]

My main problem is, I have a laptop running Vista Home Premium, and the
internet runs significantly slower on it that on my XP desktop. My desktop is
wired to the internet, but my laptop is on wireless. We have a 6mbit
connection, and Ive run speed tests confirming such. However, when I download
something on my desktop, it goes 700kb/s on average, but my laptop is going
70kb/s. Anyone have any clue what may be causing this? Its driving me insane.

Thanks a bunch

Check the RWin Autotuning.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/06/autotuning-in-vista-maybe-not-ready-for.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/06/autotuning-in-vista-maybe-not-ready-for.html

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Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.

 

[Guest]

When I try turning autotuning off in CMD, it says The Parameter is Incorrect

My main problem is, I have a laptop running Vista Home Premium, and the
internet runs significantly slower on it that on my XP desktop. My desktop is
wired to the internet, but my laptop is on wireless. We have a 6mbit
connection, and Ive run speed tests confirming such. However, when I download
something on my desktop, it goes 700kb/s on average, but my laptop is going
70kb/s. Anyone have any clue what may be causing this? Its driving me insane.

Thanks a bunch

Check the RWin Autotuning.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/06/autotuning-in-vista-maybe-not-ready-for.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/06/autotuning-in-vista-maybe-not-ready-for.html

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.

 

[Chuck [MVP]]

When I try turning autotuning off in CMD, it says The Parameter is Incorrect

Did you run the command window as an administrator?
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/06/command-window-in-windows-vista.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/06/command-window-in-windows-vista.html

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.

 

[Chuck [MVP]]

Did you run the command window as an administrator?
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/06/command-window-in-windows-vista.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/06/command-window-in-windows-vista.html

And try
netsh interface tcp set global autotuning=disabled
instead of
netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel=disabled

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Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.

 

[Guest]

Id like to start off by saying, thank you so much for your help. I really
appreciate you taking the time to assist me.

So, the issue still remains. I just tested on my PC and I got 780kb/s on
average, and right now as Im typing, Im geting 50kb/s on my laptop (no, the
PC isnt downloading anything). Not only that, my uTorrent client refuses to
accept that my ports are forwarded, and Ive exhausted my resources for
allowing that port to be forwarded, yet to no avail, and Im getting horrid
speeds in my torrents as well. Seems another issue has arisen over the past 2
weeks as well. Somehow, my firefox and IE just stop working and wont connect
to any pages, but everything else connects to the net fine. However, a few
hours later, it all DCs.

Im very close to just saying FU vista moving back to XP, cause these
troubles really arent worth nothing more than a pretty UI....

 

[Chuck [MVP]]

Id like to start off by saying, thank you so much for your help. I really
appreciate you taking the time to assist me.

So, the issue still remains. I just tested on my PC and I got 780kb/s on
average, and right now as Im typing, Im geting 50kb/s on my laptop (no, the
PC isnt downloading anything). Not only that, my uTorrent client refuses to
accept that my ports are forwarded, and Ive exhausted my resources for
allowing that port to be forwarded, yet to no avail, and Im getting horrid
speeds in my torrents as well. Seems another issue has arisen over the past 2
weeks as well. Somehow, my firefox and IE just stop working and wont connect
to any pages, but everything else connects to the net fine. However, a few
hours later, it all DCs.

Im very close to just saying FU vista moving back to XP, cause these
troubles really arent worth nothing more than a pretty UI....

Well, I get to say thank you back, because from researching some of the advice I
was providing this evening, I discovered a whole new set of issues about Vista,
that you may benefit from knowing, and I may also in the future.

If you haven't had the opportunity to move back to XP, do some reading with me,
about changes to your network that are needed to accommodate a computer running
Vista.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/07/windows-vista-and-routers.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/07/windows-vista-and-routers.html

A computer running Vista won't be transparent to your router, and more so if the
router is older. What make and model router do you have? Are you running UPnP?

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Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.

 

[Guest]

My router isnt necessarily old, I bought it the day that I got my laptop
because I needed a wireless one. Its a linksys WRT54G. I recently (yesterday)
turned it off cause a port forwarding guide I read (to see if I was doing
anything wrong) said so.

 

[Chuck [MVP]]

My router isnt necessarily old, I bought it the day that I got my laptop
because I needed a wireless one. Its a linksys WRT54G. I recently (yesterday)
turned it off cause a port forwarding guide I read (to see if I was doing
anything wrong) said so.

Well, the WRT54G product line has a very controversial history. Linksys had a
niche product, that people were buying in quantity, and even customising with
third party software. Any vendor of consumer products should have it so good.

Then Linksys slew the golden calf. They cut the memory down, and changed it to
use a non-customisable BIOS. Later versions of the WRT54G are regarded as junk
by many folks.

It's possible that you could improve things, if there's a firmware update
available. What model WRT54G is it, and what firmware version is it running?

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Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.

 

[Guest]

Its just the wrt54g version 8, and I just upgraded the firmware of it, but
still not getting the kb/s I should be getting.

 

[Guest]

Hi Meatball,

Have a look at a related article and see if the connectivity diagnostic
suite helps you nail the problem:
http://blogs.msdn.com/wndp/archive/2007/07/05/receive-window-auto-tuning-on-vista.aspx

Regards,
Katarzyna