vista network tweaks?

[Chadi]

Wifi performance acting poor lately. Not sure why. I've restarted my modem, router and laptop. Problem persists. Any recommendation for my connection settings below? Does WEP slow down connection?

Specs:
Sony Vaio Centrino / Core 2 Duo / 2GB Memory
Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection
Intel® PRO/100 VE Network Connection
Driver: 10.6.0.46
Vista Ultimate
Belkin Pre-N Router: firmware version 2.01.02
Modem: Motorola SBV5120

ISP:
Optimum Online: advertised 15MBps download / 2MB upload

Router Settings:
Wireless Channel: Auto
Mode: 802.11g & 802.11b
Protected Mode: Off
ACK Mode: Immediate
802.11e QoS: On
Security: 128bit WEP

testmy.net: SERVER #2

Download Connection is:: 3293 Kbps about 3.3 Mbps (tested with 5983 kB)
Download Speed is:: 402 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (Server 2)
Test Time:: 2007/03/07 - 8:01pm
Bottom Line:: 57X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 2.55 sec
Tested from a 5983 kB file and took 14.885 seconds to complete
Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 28.39 % of your hosts average (optonline.net)
D-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-PBR7GMCTD
User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.8.1.2) Gecko/20070219 Firefox/2.0.0.2 [!]

testmy.net: SERVER #1

Download Connection is:: 2797 Kbps about 2.8 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)
Download Speed is:: 341 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (Server 1)
Test Time:: 2007/03/07 - 8:03pm
Bottom Line:: 49X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 3 sec
Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 8.761 seconds to complete
Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 24.12 % of your hosts average (optonline.net)
D-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-PWG839E4U
User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.8.1.2) Gecko/20070219 Firefox/2.0.0.2 [!]

« SpeedGuide.net TCP Analyzer Results »

Tested on: 03.07.2007 22:04
IP address: 24.184.xxx.xxx

TCP options string: 020405b401010402
MSS: 1460
MTU: 1500
TCP Window: 17520 (multiple of MSS)
RWIN Scaling: 0
Unscaled RWIN : 17520
Reccomended RWINs: 64240, 128480, 256960, 513920
BDP limit (200ms): 701kbps (88KBytes/s)
BDP limit (500ms): 280kbps (35KBytes/s)
MTU Discovery: ON
TTL: 111
Timestamps: OFF
SACKs: ON
IP ToS: 00000000 (0)

UC Santa Cruz Web100 based Network Diagnostic Tool (NDT)

WEB100 Enabled Statistics:
Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done
checking for firewalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done
running 10s outbound test (client-to-server [C2S]) . . . . . 952.0kb/s
running 10s inbound test (server-to-client [S2C]) . . . . . . 4.39Mb/s

------ Client System Details ------
OS data: Name = Windows Vista, Architecture = x86, Version = 6.0
Java data: Vendor = Sun Microsystems Inc., Version = 1.6.0

------ Web100 Detailed Analysis ------
10 Mbps Ethernet link found.
Link set to Full Duplex mode
No network congestion discovered.
Good network cable(s) found
Normal duplex operation found.

Web100 reports the Round trip time = 107.85 msec; the Packet size = 1460 Bytes; and
No packet loss - but packets arrived out-of-order 0.08% of the time
C2S throughput test: Packet queuing detected: 1.06%
S2C throughput test: Packet queuing detected: 0.48%
This connection is receiver limited 90.75% of the time.
Increasing the the client's receive buffer (63.0 KB) will improve performance
This connection is network limited 9.03% of the time.

Web100 reports TCP negotiated the optional Performance Settings to:
RFC 2018 Selective Acknowledgment: ON
RFC 896 Nagle Algorithm: ON
RFC 3168 Explicit Congestion Notification: OFF
RFC 1323 Time Stamping: OFF
RFC 1323 Window Scaling: OFF

Server 'nitro.ucsc.edu' is not behind a firewall. [Connection to the ephemeral port was successful]
Client is probably behind a firewall. [Connection to the ephemeral port failed]
Packet size is preserved End-to-End
Server IP addresses are preserved End-to-End
Information: Network Address Translation (NAT) box is modifying the Client's IP address
Server says [24.184.xxx.xxx] but Client says [192.168.2.2]

[Chadi]

Anybody? :)

[johnwill]

I see a huge dump of data, but I'm not sure exactly what issue we're troubleshooting.