"MICHAEL" <u158627_emr2@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Ot8EC6JAIHA.4568@xxxxxx
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>* Mr. Arnold: Quote:
Quote:
>>> This was posted on the Microsoft Tech Board about issues with Vista
>>>
>>> "The culprit is the built-in firewall software on the DI-724U router,
>>> which features Stateful
>>> Packet Inspection (SPI). This is not the only router in the SOHO market
>>> that features SPI -
>>> Netgear's WGR614 and Linksys' WRT54GS are among dozens of products that
>>> offer similar
>>> capabilities. Trouble is, the new and improved TCP/IP stack in Windows
>>> Vista falls apart when
>>> it encounters an SPI-enabled router.
>>
>> That's ridiculous. Not only am I sitting in a hotel room at a client's
>> site
>> that for sure has a SPI FW solution for the hotel's wireless network
>> using
>> Vista on the laptop, but I have also taken the laptop to the client's
>> site
>> and connected the machine to the LAN and there is FW there too that's
>> using
>> SPI. In either case, I have had no problems connecting to any one of
>> them
>> with them both using SPI. >
> I also have no problem with SPI on.
> In fact, I have been quite pleased overall with
> Vista's network stack and internet performance,
> even since the betas. I have 3 Vista machines (one wireless),
> Windows Home Server and an XBOX360 connected to my router,
> and it has performed flawlessly.
>
> However, there was a problem for some routers with the Vista betas
> and even when Vista was first released.
>
> The OP can try several different things before he decides to
> dump Vista in frustration.
> It really comes down to who is sitting behind the wheel and is doing the
driving.