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Running Vista on two home computers. Have one connected directly to the wireless router and then my gaming computer connected via wireless. Both computers experience problems where the router must be rebooted to regain internet connection. Otherwise the connection with say local or limited connectivity. I found some info in another post that says that might fix the issue. Just worried to run without a firewall and not sure once I make these changes that I can ever change them back? Here's the info:
Prevent network flooding and connection drops
The new networking stack contained in Windows Vista has some issues. This build seems to like dropping connections and in rare cases, blocking all traffic on wireless routers, requiring a restart of the router itself. To fix these problems, complete the following instructions:
WARNING: Please note that this will disable IPv6 connectivity as well as the Windows Firewall security, and is not recommended unless you are experiencing these issues. This will also invalidate any network related bug reports you file against Windows Vista.
Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
Under Network and Internet, click on View network status and tasks.
In the left hand pane, click on Open connections.
Right click on your network connection (for example: Local Area Connection 3), and then click Configure.
If asked for permission to open Network Connections, click on Allow.
Highlight the following items and press the Uninstall button:
Link-Layer Topology Discovery Mapper I/O Driver
Link-Layer Topology Discovery Responder
Uncheck Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6)
Next, click on the Configure button under the name of your network adapter.
Click on the Power Management tab.
Disable all power management items listed on the Power Management tab.
Press OK.
To stop Windows Vista from flooding your network with traffic:
Press WinKey+R.
Type services.msc (without the quotes)
If asked for permission to open Microsoft Management Console, click Allow.
Double click on each one of the following services and change its startup type to Disabled.
Base Filtering Engine
IKE and AuthIP Keying Modules
IP Helper Service
IPSec
Windows Firewall
Close the Services window and restart Windows.
Prevent network flooding and connection drops
The new networking stack contained in Windows Vista has some issues. This build seems to like dropping connections and in rare cases, blocking all traffic on wireless routers, requiring a restart of the router itself. To fix these problems, complete the following instructions:
WARNING: Please note that this will disable IPv6 connectivity as well as the Windows Firewall security, and is not recommended unless you are experiencing these issues. This will also invalidate any network related bug reports you file against Windows Vista.
Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
Under Network and Internet, click on View network status and tasks.
In the left hand pane, click on Open connections.
Right click on your network connection (for example: Local Area Connection 3), and then click Configure.
If asked for permission to open Network Connections, click on Allow.
Highlight the following items and press the Uninstall button:
Link-Layer Topology Discovery Mapper I/O Driver
Link-Layer Topology Discovery Responder
Uncheck Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6)
Next, click on the Configure button under the name of your network adapter.
Click on the Power Management tab.
Disable all power management items listed on the Power Management tab.
Press OK.
To stop Windows Vista from flooding your network with traffic:
Press WinKey+R.
Type services.msc (without the quotes)
If asked for permission to open Microsoft Management Console, click Allow.
Double click on each one of the following services and change its startup type to Disabled.
Base Filtering Engine
IKE and AuthIP Keying Modules
IP Helper Service
IPSec
Windows Firewall
Close the Services window and restart Windows.