Vista is slow and i need a fix

[dipsetisnice]

internet speeds are slower than my damn dell vostro 200...im gettin like less than 7kb/s or somethin

i updated all the drivers from gigabyte

wtf is wrong, this is ridiculous?!

no router neither, just the ethernet box

[aguire]

Try disabling IPv6.This solved similar problems for others.

[DeaconFrost]

Disable IPv6, and both Link Layer entries in the NIC properties.

[dipsetisnice]

Disable IPv6, and both Link Layer entries in the NIC properties.

i disabled the ipv6 no increase in speed

and i dont know where the NIC properties are

[Joe Average]

Right click the Network icon in the Tray (next to the clock) and choose the appropriate link to get to it. Or from the Control Panel.

If you disabled IPv6, I can't comprehend how you can't get to the Network Adapter properties. Very interesting...

[dipsetisnice]

i can get to local area properties, thats where i disabled the ipv6, but i cant find the NIC

also i am not computer savy

[Joe Average]

NIC = Network Interface Card, aka Local Area Connection. That's your network adapter, your network card, and if you got to that to disable the IPv6 on it, then you got to the NIC properties.

[dipsetisnice]

alright, but i went to configure and couldnt find "link layer"

[Joe Average]

Should look something like this (I'm running XP x64 so it's not exactly the same):

http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/1223/nichu4.jpg

The "items" listed in the middle can either be disabled by unchecking the box, or removed totally by uninstalling them (I think some items in Vista can only be disabled with the unchecking process). So uncheck or uninstall everything except the Client for Microsoft Networks, File and Printer Sharing (if you need that on a home network, leave it), and IPv4 support.

Simple.

[dipsetisnice]

ahhh ok

thank very much man

[Slackmaster_Flex]

You might try changing out your ethernet cable.

I walked into a situation a while back where a user was complaining about slow internet. I did some tests, and confirmed that they were getting around 10kb/sec instead of the 700kb/sec they should be getting. File copy over network was equally slow.

Come to find out, the ethernet patch cord that were using was a Cat6 cord that someone custom made, using Cat5 RJ-45 connectors. Swapped it out, problem solved.