Comments on: Test your Internet connection http://www.edbott.com/weblog/2007/07/test-your-internet-connection/ I write stuff. Mostly about Windows. Sometimes I get paid for it. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:55:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ed Bott http://www.edbott.com/weblog/2007/07/test-your-internet-connection/comment-page-1/#comment-159389 Ed Bott Thu, 18 Oct 2007 01:04:35 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=1743#comment-159389 >> But I'm sure that Ed will blame everyone but MS for this fiasco. Glad you've got your mind made up about that. I am always interested in valid data. If you were running the same test on the same hardware with XP and Vista, it would be easy to compare. But you're not, so we have no way of knowing where the problem is. >> But I’m sure that Ed will blame everyone but MS for this fiasco.

Glad you’ve got your mind made up about that.

I am always interested in valid data. If you were running the same test on the same hardware with XP and Vista, it would be easy to compare. But you’re not, so we have no way of knowing where the problem is.

]]> By: Vincent Clement http://www.edbott.com/weblog/2007/07/test-your-internet-connection/comment-page-1/#comment-159388 Vincent Clement Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:55:46 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=1743#comment-159388 According to the Internet Connectivity Evaluation Tool everything works but UPnP - which is disabled in my router. I get mediocre download speeds and the internet connection on my new desktop with Vista Home Premium is a hit and miss. Meanwhile, over on my 3-yr old laptop with XP SP2, no problems whatsoever. Excellent download speeds and no internet connection problems. I've tried autotuning enabled and disabled - nothing gives me an consistent internet connection. But I'm sure that Ed will blame everyone but MS for this fiasco. It's amusing that he calls disabling autotuning as "mostly bogus" but MS suggests disabling autotuning if you are having problems. Why should I have to buy a new router when my old one worked perfectly before Vista? Since when does an OS make hardware based on open standards obsolete? According to the Internet Connectivity Evaluation Tool everything works but UPnP – which is disabled in my router. I get mediocre download speeds and the internet connection on my new desktop with Vista Home Premium is a hit and miss.

Meanwhile, over on my 3-yr old laptop with XP SP2, no problems whatsoever. Excellent download speeds and no internet connection problems.

I’ve tried autotuning enabled and disabled – nothing gives me an consistent internet connection.

But I’m sure that Ed will blame everyone but MS for this fiasco. It’s amusing that he calls disabling autotuning as “mostly bogus” but MS suggests disabling autotuning if you are having problems.

Why should I have to buy a new router when my old one worked perfectly before Vista? Since when does an OS make hardware based on open standards obsolete?

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]]> By: Rick http://www.edbott.com/weblog/2007/07/test-your-internet-connection/comment-page-1/#comment-156122 Rick Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:37:03 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=1743#comment-156122 Re autotuning, I happened across this today. Irony alert! http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;940266 Re autotuning, I happened across this today. Irony alert!

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;940266

]]> By: Ray Ebersole http://www.edbott.com/weblog/2007/07/test-your-internet-connection/comment-page-1/#comment-156088 Ray Ebersole Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:37:29 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=1743#comment-156088 Well, I finally got to use this on the laptop with Vista on it and it told me what I thought it would. 1. UPnP could not be run....I have it and discovery turned off. 2. That I could run Vista with basic networking....Been doing that since beta 1 3. That my old Linksys router wasn't taking advantage of Vista. It's funny that it gives you a list of Vista approved routers. I'm wondering if MS is getting a kick back for that list. Interesting tool, but there are other tools that can tell me a lot more about my network settings and ways to make them better. Ray Well, I finally got to use this on the laptop with Vista on it and it told me what I thought it would.

1. UPnP could not be run….I have it and discovery turned off.
2. That I could run Vista with basic networking….Been doing that since beta 1
3. That my old Linksys router wasn’t taking advantage of Vista.

It’s funny that it gives you a list of Vista approved routers. I’m wondering if MS is getting a kick back for that list.

Interesting tool, but there are other tools that can tell me a lot more about my network settings and ways to make them better.

Ray

]]> By: Rick http://www.edbott.com/weblog/2007/07/test-your-internet-connection/comment-page-1/#comment-156064 Rick Tue, 24 Jul 2007 17:16:43 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=1743#comment-156064 Ed, you nailed it, since it turns out that I did even though I'd long forgotten about it. Microsoft actually forced me into it, since if you're a heavy peer-to-peer user in Vista (and XP SP2) the Event Viewer will fill up with the infamous and annoying 4226 error--and your throughput in those apps will suffer. So I implemented the short batch file here, which in addition to patching tcpip.sys and upping the half-open connection limit, runs the command you mention. It's infuriating that MS didn't make this easier in Vista. Thanks. http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/04/09/windows-vista-tcpipsys-connection-limit-patch-for-event-id-4226/ For XP, this is a better choice: www.lvllord.de Ed, you nailed it, since it turns out that I did even though I’d long forgotten about it. Microsoft actually forced me into it, since if you’re a heavy peer-to-peer user in Vista (and XP SP2) the Event Viewer will fill up with the infamous and annoying 4226 error–and your throughput in those apps will suffer. So I implemented the short batch file here, which in addition to patching tcpip.sys and upping the half-open connection limit, runs the command you mention. It’s infuriating that MS didn’t make this easier in Vista. Thanks.

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/04/09/windows-vista-tcpipsys-connection-limit-patch-for-event-id-4226/

For XP, this is a better choice: http://www.lvllord.de

]]> By: Ed Bott http://www.edbott.com/weblog/2007/07/test-your-internet-connection/comment-page-1/#comment-156059 Ed Bott Tue, 24 Jul 2007 05:00:10 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=1743#comment-156059 Rick, The only reason you would get that message from Network and Sharing Center, AFAIK, is if you had used netsh int to disable autotuning. That's a popular (and mostly bogus) tip making the rounds. Are you sure you haven't done that? Rick,

The only reason you would get that message from Network and Sharing Center, AFAIK, is if you had used netsh int to disable autotuning. That’s a popular (and mostly bogus) tip making the rounds. Are you sure you haven’t done that?

]]> By: Chris http://www.edbott.com/weblog/2007/07/test-your-internet-connection/comment-page-1/#comment-156058 Chris Tue, 24 Jul 2007 04:49:48 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=1743#comment-156058 That is indeed a test of a different Genre. Thanks Ed. That is indeed a test of a different Genre. Thanks Ed.

]]> By: Testing your Internet connection » The PC Doctor’s blog http://www.edbott.com/weblog/2007/07/test-your-internet-connection/comment-page-1/#comment-156057 Testing your Internet connection » The PC Doctor’s blog Mon, 23 Jul 2007 23:42:05 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=1743#comment-156057 [...] Great tip by Ed Bott on testing your Internet connection : [...] [...] Great tip by Ed Bott on testing your Internet connection : [...]

]]> By: Rick http://www.edbott.com/weblog/2007/07/test-your-internet-connection/comment-page-1/#comment-156056 Rick Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:29:31 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=1743#comment-156056 Pretty good. My router failed the two that it should have: "NAT Type" (since it doesn't support IPv6) and "UPnP" (since it's disabled in the router). And the program actually tells you what it's doing, which reminded me of "Diagnose and repair" in Network Sharing Center. If I click that I get: "The TCP setting needs to be adjusted to improve network performance." And the button to click was this: "Turn on tcp performance improving settings." Sorry, no thanks, MS. What TCP settings? Wouldn't all settings already be tweaked by virtue of Vista being installed and it doing whatever self-tuning it does? Vista's usually good about explaining itself. Pretty good. My router failed the two that it should have: “NAT Type” (since it doesn’t support IPv6) and “UPnP” (since it’s disabled in the router). And the program actually tells you what it’s doing, which reminded me of “Diagnose and repair” in Network Sharing Center. If I click that I get:

“The TCP setting needs to be adjusted to improve network performance.”

And the button to click was this: “Turn on tcp performance improving settings.”

Sorry, no thanks, MS. What TCP settings? Wouldn’t all settings already be tweaked by virtue of Vista being installed and it doing whatever self-tuning it does? Vista’s usually good about explaining itself.

]]> By: University Update - Windows Vista - Test your Internet connection http://www.edbott.com/weblog/2007/07/test-your-internet-connection/comment-page-1/#comment-156055 University Update - Windows Vista - Test your Internet connection Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:56:26 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=1743#comment-156055 [...] Link to Article windows vista Test your Internet connection » Posted at Ed Bott’s Windows [...] [...] Link to Article windows vista Test your Internet connection » Posted at Ed Bott’s Windows [...]

]]> By: Richard http://www.edbott.com/weblog/2007/07/test-your-internet-connection/comment-page-1/#comment-156053 Richard Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:34:38 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=1743#comment-156053 Very nice. Thanks for the info. Very nice. Thanks for the info.

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