Synchman

Well, here is my update. I solved my problem by removing Vista and doing a clean install of Win XP. Once I got the drivers installed (that was painful) I got great speed without any tweaking yet. :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Upload Connection is:: 173 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 386 kB) Upload Speed is:: 21 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/'>https://testmy.net/ (Server 1) Test Time:: 2007/07/04 - 4:19am Bottom Line:: 3X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 48.76 sec Tested from a 386 kB file and took 18.25 seconds to complete Upload Diagnosis:: Awesome! 20% + : 58.72 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/'>https://testmy.net/stats/id-AUZMXVQFN User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1) [!] :::.. testmy.net test results ..::: Download Connection is:: 825 Kbps about 0.83 Mbps (tested with 748 kB) Download Speed is:: 101 kB/s Upload Connection is:: 181 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 386 kB) Upload Speed is:: 22 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (Server 1) Test Time:: 2007/07/04 - 4:23am D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/'>https://testmy.net/stats/id-B203ENMA4 U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/'>https://testmy.net/stats/id-SMN3E6Y9G User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1) [!]

It is built -in with a wireless antenna in the lid. However, I have a wireless card in my Win 98SE machine I could test in the Vista machine to see if is indeed a problem with the wireless unit in the Vista machine. I may convert to XP first anyway... Not happy with Vista's lack of campatibility with most of my programs, and the wireless problem to boot.

Browser settings are as per Direcway's recommendations. I have tried both Mozilla and IE. I am mainly testing with IE. I tried TCP Optimizer. No improvement in speed test results. The speed is fine if wired to the router, but drops dramatically as soon as I disconnect the wire and go wireless. I tried wireless right next to the router, so I don't think it is a signal strength problem. My router is an enclosure out in the yard with my Direcway dish and modem. Wireless is fine with two other WinXP machines, and a Win98SE machine. I agree it could be a Vista setting. Web searches indicate leading causes of slow internet for Vista are anti-virus, poor signal strength, interacting firewalls, or wireless security. I have ruled out these as causes in my case. I even tried a quick test with my hardware firewall disabled - no improvement. I may have to resort to installing XP on this machine and running Vista in Virtual PC. But I could go through all of that pain and not correct the problem.

Update: I tried to open my router admin page to turn off the router firewall. From my XP machine via wireless, I get to my router admin page at 192.168.1.1 with no problem. When I try with my Vista machine it times out and gives the error "Failure to Connect to Web Page". Maybe this is a clue?

Fast Upload cabled/slow connection wireless 1. Windows Vista, new Thinkpad X60s, Linksys WRT54G, latest firmware for router and Wireless NIC. 2. ISP is 69.19.14.44 ASN: 6621 [HNS-DIRECPC] I have a DW7000, Professional, Upload speeds advertised to 200 Kbps, download up to 1Mpbs. Sattelite SAN is Q20815 3. Tried the CabeNut Vista tweak, couldn't get to websites after registry tweak. Used Cablenut to reset registry. 3a. I disabled Windows Firewall, WEP, uninstalled Norton. 4. When I'm connected to my router with a wire, I get these speeds: Your connection is: 150 Kbps or 0.2 Mbps You uploaded at: 18 kB/s You are running: 3 times faster than 56K and can upload 1 megabyte in 56.89 second(s) Member Ident:Username:Synchman CompID:612855699 Test Time:: 2007/06/24 - 7:44am Test Browser and OS info: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506) Test ID: K37YD4IRZ (if this is a screenshot go to testmy.net to see if this is fake) Diagnosis ^info^: Awesome! 20% + : 37.61 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) This was tested from a 386 kB file and took 21.013 seconds to complete When connected via wireless, I get this: Upload Connection is:: 47 Kbps about 0 Mbps (tested with 386 kB) Upload Speed is:: 6 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Server 1) Test Time:: 2007/06/24 - 11:27am Bottom Line:: 1X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 170.67 sec Tested from a 386 kB file and took 66.776 seconds to complete Upload Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 43.12 % of your hosts average (direcpc.com) U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-W7ZN0P4ET User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506) [!] 5. No un-needed LAN protocols. Latest Tracecert C:UsersScott Admin>tracert www.testmy.net Tracing route to www.testmy.net [67.18.179.85] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 192.168.1.1 2 * * * Request timed out. 3 * 2668 ms * dpc6682013002.direcpc.com [66.82.13.2] 4 * * 1252 ms dpc6682016169.direcpc.com [66.82.16.169] 5 919 ms 968 ms 1489 ms dpc6682017001.direcpc.com [66.82.17.1] 6 2070 ms 1528 ms * dpc6682017078.direcpc.com [66.82.17.78] 7 * * * Request timed out. 8 * * 2216 ms ge-0-3-0.c00.iad.megapath.net [155.229.57.179] 9 * * 2964 ms ge-4-2-110.car2.Washington1.Level3.net [166.90.1 48.1] 10 * * 877 ms vlan99.csw4.Washington1.Level3.net [4.68.17.254] 11 1231 ms 784 ms 1913 ms ae-91-91.ebr1.Washington1.Level3.net [4.69.134.1 41] 12 1699 ms 1215 ms 1081 ms ae-2.ebr3.Atlanta2.Level3.net [4.69.132.85] 13 * * * Request timed out. 14 * * * Request timed out. 15 * * * Request timed out. 16 * * 1905 ms te9-2.dsr02.dllstx3.theplanet.com [70.87.253.30] 17 1327 ms 981 ms 742 ms po31.dsr01.dllstx4.theplanet.com [70.87.253.74] 18 1132 ms 1165 ms 1232 ms gi1-0-1.car17.dllstx4.theplanet.com [67.18.116.6 9] 19 1397 ms 777 ms 1639 ms 55.b3.1243.static.theplanet.com [67.18.179.85] Any thoughts on why the wireless is so slow? I have to other machines served by the wireless router, and their speed is fine. They are both XP.