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Vista Wireless Performance Questionnaire
With the amount of Vista issues on the forum, we are putting out a questionnaire here to get more information on the setups to get get a grasp of what is happening. Based on user feedback over the la...
Just to give information to help solve this, here are the answers to the questionnaire:
0) Updated to Windows Vista SP1? SP1 contains a number of network changes that improved overall throughput with the ReadyNAS.
ANS: Windows Home Vista Premium SP1
1) Tried changing MTU on ReadyNAS and laptop to 1492? Instructions on how to change Vista MTU at http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/vistaMTU.htm . A couple users had success keeping the ReadyNAS MTU at 1500 and switching Vista MTU to 1460.
ANS: All systems on network were set at MTU = 1500. Setting Vista laptop to 1460 fixed my problem. Haven't tweaked yet.
2) What model of Wireless Router and firmware is being used?
ANS: WRT54G v.3 FW:v3.03.6
3) What Wireless Card model and firmware being used?
ANS: Dell Wireless 1510 Wireless-N Wlan Mini-Card R4.02
Chipset BCM432b/BCM32056000
4) What connection speed are you seeing for Wireless Adapter (i.e. 54 Mbps)?
ANS: 36 Mbps
5) What's the connection speed between ReadyNAS to Router (10/100/1000 Mbps) -- you can see this in FrontView's Network page.
ANS: 100 Mbps
6) What's the throughput from Windows XP to ReadyNAS and Vista to ReadyNAS? Both Machines at or near same location?
ANS: Wired through above router. NAS-> XP 6.5 Mbps
7) Whats the throughput from Windows XP to Vista?
ANS: Vista wireless MTU = 1460 2.5 MB/sec
8) Does disabling firewall help? One user reported problem solved by disabling Symantec firewall.
ANS: Didn't try
9) Does uninstalling anti-virus help? One user reported problem solved by uninstalling CA anti-virus.
ANS: Didn't try
10) Does enabling jumbo frames work? Several folks reported problem solved by enabling jumbo frames, and this also had the effect of speeding up wired transfers.
ANS: Didn't Try
11) Are you able to try another router? A couple users reported replacing current router/switch solved the problem.
ANS: Didn't try
0) Updated to Windows Vista SP1? SP1 contains a number of network changes that improved overall throughput with the ReadyNAS.
ANS: Windows Home Vista Premium SP1
1) Tried changing MTU on ReadyNAS and laptop to 1492? Instructions on how to change Vista MTU at http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/vistaMTU.htm . A couple users had success keeping the ReadyNAS MTU at 1500 and switching Vista MTU to 1460.
ANS: All systems on network were set at MTU = 1500. Setting Vista laptop to 1460 fixed my problem. Haven't tweaked yet.
2) What model of Wireless Router and firmware is being used?
ANS: WRT54G v.3 FW:v3.03.6
3) What Wireless Card model and firmware being used?
ANS: Dell Wireless 1510 Wireless-N Wlan Mini-Card R4.02
Chipset BCM432b/BCM32056000
4) What connection speed are you seeing for Wireless Adapter (i.e. 54 Mbps)?
ANS: 36 Mbps
5) What's the connection speed between ReadyNAS to Router (10/100/1000 Mbps) -- you can see this in FrontView's Network page.
ANS: 100 Mbps
6) What's the throughput from Windows XP to ReadyNAS and Vista to ReadyNAS? Both Machines at or near same location?
ANS: Wired through above router. NAS-> XP 6.5 Mbps
7) Whats the throughput from Windows XP to Vista?
ANS: Vista wireless MTU = 1460 2.5 MB/sec
8) Does disabling firewall help? One user reported problem solved by disabling Symantec firewall.
ANS: Didn't try
9) Does uninstalling anti-virus help? One user reported problem solved by uninstalling CA anti-virus.
ANS: Didn't try
10) Does enabling jumbo frames work? Several folks reported problem solved by enabling jumbo frames, and this also had the effect of speeding up wired transfers.
ANS: Didn't Try
11) Are you able to try another router? A couple users reported replacing current router/switch solved the problem.
ANS: Didn't try
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