OneCare, Vista Ultimate and the Internet

[SeattleVista]

Ok, so I had installed Vista Ultimate a few weeks ago (have since gone back
to XP Pro, but want to go back to Vista). One of the biggest frustrations I
had with OC and Vista was that every time I rebooted for an update or
installing new software, once Vista came up my internet connection would be
dead.

I would have to physically turn off my firewall in OC, disable/enable my
internet connection to connect to my router, then re-enable the firewall
again.

Anyone else having this issue, or know how to fix it? I know I had to
change my registry just to get Vista to connect to the internet through my
router, so figured I would ask around here to see if there's such a simple
fix available.

Thanks!

 

[Mr. Arnold]

Ok, so I had installed Vista Ultimate a few weeks ago (have since gone
back
to XP Pro, but want to go back to Vista). One of the biggest frustrations
I
had with OC and Vista was that every time I rebooted for an update or
installing new software, once Vista came up my internet connection would
be
dead.

I have no such problems with Ultimate with doing updates from dial-up or
wireless connection on the hotel's LAN.

I would have to physically turn off my firewall in OC, disable/enable my
internet connection to connect to my router, then re-enable the firewall
again.

What kind of router are you using? If you're using a packet filtering FW
router, then why are you using a FW behind the router? If you got to use
something behind the router, then why not use something less intrusive like
IPsec? It's on Vista too.

http://www.petri.co.il/block_ping_traffic_with_ipsec.htm
http://www.analogx.com/CONTENTS/articles/ipsec.htm
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/813878

Anyone else having this issue, or know how to fix it? I know I had to
change my registry just to get Vista to connect to the internet through my
router, so figured I would ask around here to see if there's such a simple
fix available.

What changes are you talking about? And yes, you might have to change some
sittings.

 

[SeattleVista]

I wasn't talking about the updates themselves, I was saying that whenever I
had to reboot, upon booting the issue was that I would have to disable the fw
in OC to get an internet connection, then re-enable it once connected.

I don't believe my router is fw'ed, it's a linksys wrtp54g. I've always
just let OC manage the fw on my computer.