No, don't disable your SPI firewall. Try this:
- Click start
- Type: cmd
- Right-click cmd.exe when it appears under Applications
- Click Run As Administrator
- Type the following: netsh int tcp set global autotuninglevel=disabled
- Press enter
- Restart your computer
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"Callahan" <ca_callahan@WHATZA_HEYcomputer.org> wrote in message
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> Ouch! There is no way I am "fixing" a problem in Vista by
> disabling state inspection on my firewall. That has got to be a
> joke right? MS doesn't actually expect us to do that, do they?
>
> Painful.
>
> --
>
>
> -callahan
>
>
> "Sam" <sam@nowhere.sss> wrote in message
> news:82D89413-2A9B-4777-8926-2183C89C4347@microsoft.com...
>> Actually, just right now I figured out the problem.
>>
>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=10
>>
>> It's apparently a feature called SPI on the routers that
> doesn't sit well
>> with the Vista TCP/IP stack. I hope some enlightened techie can
> guide us
>> through to disabling it or getting around it.
>>
>> Sam
>>
>> "Charlie" <Charlie@nowhere.com> wrote in message
>> news:OS58VwL5GHA.1900@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> > Has anyone had a problem connecting to the Internet using a
> Linksys
>> > WRT54GS router? I am running Vista Home Premium RC1 and IE7.
> When
>> > connecting through the router (cat5 not wireless) I can only
> get to
>> > certain web sites. For example I can get to www.yahoo.com but
> not to any
>> > of the Microsoft Web Sites listed in the Favorites Center on
> IE7. When I
>> > bypass the router and attach directly to the cable modem
> everything works
>> > fine. This did not occur when running Vista Beta 2. I have
> also upgraded
>> > the firmware on the router to the newest version. Any
> suggestions would be
>> > greatly appreciated.
>>
>
>