The Case of Vista Multimedia Playback and Network Throughput
Mark Russinovich has a great post today on the what and how of the network/multimedia vista issue that people have recently been talking about. Amusingly enough a couple people on /. more or less figured it out, but are only modded 3 and lower. Go Figure.
-- Ari
Comments
Anonymous
August 31, 2007
I want to tell the Vista networking team that I cannot use Vista because of the new PPPOE protocol which doesn't work for my internet connection, whereas the built-in Windows XP one works flawlessly. The other free PPPOE protocol RASPPPOE doesn't work with Vista and gives a blue screen error. Also, the Vista protocol doesn't support NAT, ICS, allow tuning the TCP RWIN from the UI, or fully exploit the maximum possible PPPoE MTU (1492). Since I cannot access the internet and my ISP is not helping, I'm forced to go back to XP. Can Microsoft work with the RASPPPOE developers to quickly develop a working protocol? RASPPPOE today is used by millions worldwide.Anonymous
September 27, 2007
anon, you should consider doing your ISP authentication on your ISP's cable/dsl modem, so you don't have to worry about configuring it in windows ever again, XP, Vista, or future versions. If the modem does not support authentication, 2 options that I would try before going back to XP are:
- Buy a consumer-grade router and do your authentication on that device.
- Consider changing ISPs. Forcing you to authenticate to their network using your PC is slimy, and the inability to assist you with better practices is slack.