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NDIS 5 hardware features that increases network performance

31 October 2007 by Snakefoot | No Comments » | Trackback Off
Windows will automatically try to use network hardware features for offloading the system processor.

NDIS 6 hardware features that increases network performance

31 October 2007 by Snakefoot | No Comments » | Trackback Off
Windows will automatically try to use network hardware features for offloading the system processor.

Fails to obtain IP address when using DHCP broadcast request

6 September 2007 by Snakefoot | No Comments » | Trackback Off
Certain network routers doesn't respond to DHCP requests that requires broadcast reply.

Adding FTP server / WebDAV folder as a network place

1 September 2007 by Snakefoot | 3 Comments » | Trackback Off
Use Windows Explorer to browse a remote internet server by adding it as a network place.

Mapping WebDAV folder as a network drive letter

1 September 2007 by Snakefoot | 17 Comments » | Trackback Off
Mount a Web Folder as a mapped network drive with help from the Webclient service.

Configure TCPIP Max Transfer Unit (MTU) size in Vista

5 July 2007 by Snakefoot | 4 Comments » | Trackback Off
Changing the Max Transfer Unit (MTU) to avoid packet fragmentation and connection loss.

TCP/IP RWIN Auto-Tuning can slow down network

24 April 2007 by Snakefoot | 1 Comment » | Trackback Off
Not all network routers supports the tcpip receive window scaling flag used by Windows Vista.

Using TCP/IP Version 6 (IPv6) can make network slow

1 February 2006 by Snakefoot | No Comments » | Trackback Off
Before activating TCP/IP Version 6 then one should make sure that the DNS server is able to handle IPv6 properly.

The TCPIP nagle algorithm can slow down network

19 September 2003 by Snakefoot | 6 Comments » | Trackback Off
Description of the nagle algorithm effects on the network throughput, and how to configure the delayed ACK.

Configure Max Transfer Unit (MTU) size for the TCPIP stack

31 December 2000 by Snakefoot | No Comments » | Trackback Off
Changing the Max Transfer Unit (MTU) to avoid packet fragmentation and loss of VPN connection.