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There is an issue that has been plaguing my wireless connection in Vista and no one seems to have an answer for it anywhere despite the fact that its on tech message boards all over the internet (see bottom for a small sample, its all the same problem).
Summary:
WLAN autoconfig scans for networks every 60 seconds causing massive ping/packet loss for 1-2 seconds. This is fine for everything except gaming or other interactive applications, but mostly gaming. This problem can be reproduced readily by running "ping -t <default gateway ip>" about every 60th packet give or take a few will spike about a 1000-2000ms ping, and the problem does not seem to be contained to one specific wireless chip set or brand or a certain brand of router either.
I have been pouring through this for awhile now and no one seems to have a definitive answer.
There is a known work-around that involves running an elevated command prompt and punching in the following.
netsh wlan set autoconfig enabled=no interface="name of your wireless network here"
Unfortunately, this also kills your ability to be able to reconnect if your connection drops, or you shutdown/reboot/sleep until you reverse it by using another command line, which is really unacceptable.
Below are just some links I've looked at but you can google search "Vista WLAN autoconfig causes lag" and take your pick because they are all the same issue.
[H]'ers come through for me!
Links:
http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/Wireless-Zero-Config-Vista-t134958.html
http://www.vistax64.com/vista-general/96358-wlan-autoconfig-bug.html
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=194714
http://thevistaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=20849
http://wow.incgamers.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-408026.html
Summary:
WLAN autoconfig scans for networks every 60 seconds causing massive ping/packet loss for 1-2 seconds. This is fine for everything except gaming or other interactive applications, but mostly gaming. This problem can be reproduced readily by running "ping -t <default gateway ip>" about every 60th packet give or take a few will spike about a 1000-2000ms ping, and the problem does not seem to be contained to one specific wireless chip set or brand or a certain brand of router either.
I have been pouring through this for awhile now and no one seems to have a definitive answer.
There is a known work-around that involves running an elevated command prompt and punching in the following.
netsh wlan set autoconfig enabled=no interface="name of your wireless network here"
Unfortunately, this also kills your ability to be able to reconnect if your connection drops, or you shutdown/reboot/sleep until you reverse it by using another command line, which is really unacceptable.
Below are just some links I've looked at but you can google search "Vista WLAN autoconfig causes lag" and take your pick because they are all the same issue.
[H]'ers come through for me!
Links:
http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/Wireless-Zero-Config-Vista-t134958.html
http://www.vistax64.com/vista-general/96358-wlan-autoconfig-bug.html
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=194714
http://thevistaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=20849
http://wow.incgamers.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-408026.html