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- Apr 18, 2004
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- UK...London...
Hello People,
OK, so since I installed vista 32, my Internet speed has not been as good as XP. I think this is due to no software firewall like zone alarm...actually considering go back to hell (norton) just to get some decent protection and switch the crappy vista fw off...
Anyways...so by default...vista sets up nic to auto neg which is kool but as I know I am connecting to a ASA5510, I can nail the duplex settings, I changed the NIC speed in vista to full duplex 100 and almost instantly...my connection starts hitting top speed...actually matching my xp speed on clubbox!
Just thought I would let people know, also tried this on a linksys standard dsl box which the pc nic duplex setting changed...same thing...got faster.
The strange thing is that when it was on auto...it still neg'ed to 100/full...so strictly speaking it should not make a difference.
Oh well...live and learn.
Oh and if anyone can recommend a decent firewall for vista?
OK, so since I installed vista 32, my Internet speed has not been as good as XP. I think this is due to no software firewall like zone alarm...actually considering go back to hell (norton) just to get some decent protection and switch the crappy vista fw off...
Anyways...so by default...vista sets up nic to auto neg which is kool but as I know I am connecting to a ASA5510, I can nail the duplex settings, I changed the NIC speed in vista to full duplex 100 and almost instantly...my connection starts hitting top speed...actually matching my xp speed on clubbox!
Just thought I would let people know, also tried this on a linksys standard dsl box which the pc nic duplex setting changed...same thing...got faster.
The strange thing is that when it was on auto...it still neg'ed to 100/full...so strictly speaking it should not make a difference.
Oh well...live and learn.
Oh and if anyone can recommend a decent firewall for vista?