Vista Wireless Network Lag/Spikes

Just a thought - have you tried disabling the "connect to a more preferred
network if available" option in the wireless connection properties?

"yee" <yee.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> www.geekstogo.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=101910
>
> So basically, I get random spikes and lag every 30 to 60 seconds
> (sometimes
> even less) on a wireless connection in Vista.
>
> Does anyone know how to fix it? Online gaming is almost impossible,
> especially in WC3 (apparently it's a lag-fest when I host)
>
> Apparently, Windows looks for a new access point every 30-60 seconds, thus
> giving me the lag/spikes.
>
> I got up to turning off WLAN AutoConfig in the above link, but couldn't
> find
> where to manually input my SSID.
>
> Cheers
>
> P.S. I also tried Vista Anti-Lag, but it doesn't work on my computer.
> P.S.S. This is similiar to the Windows Zero Config problem on XP, except
> you
> could turn it off.

Yup, tried that, thanks.

Sorry, incase my last post was misleading, I meant thanks for the suggestion,
but that didn't solve my problem.

"yee" wrote:

> Yup, tried that, thanks.

Nice to see that I am not alone. I have the EXACT same router and I have this
same problem with gaming, except mine is with World of Warcraft, not WC3 and
my Internet fully disconnects frequently.

I would like to see a few replies to this as well!

"yee" wrote:

> Sorry, incase my last post was misleading, I meant thanks for the suggestion,
> but that didn't solve my problem.
>
> "yee" wrote:
>
> > Yup, tried that, thanks.

I just spent a few hours Googling and I came up with the following info.

- The problem doesn't have to necessarily mean its because of the hardware
- Anything involving the internet is affected during the second or two of
spiking (it's just more noticabling during an online game)
- When it spikes, Windows is looking for new and better access points
- Turning off WLAN AutoConfig will make your wireless internet unaccessible
- On XP, it was the Windows Zero Config that would cause spiking, but
apparently it is embedded in WLAN AutoConfig on Vista
- Some people disconnect fully when spiking occurs
- A third-party wireless network monitor may solve the problem (I don't
think there are currently any)
- Microsoft sees this issue as "feature"

"Whitney" wrote:

> Nice to see that I am not alone. I have the EXACT same router and I have this
> same problem with gaming, except mine is with World of Warcraft, not WC3 and
> my Internet fully disconnects frequently.
>
> I would like to see a few replies to this as well!
>
> "yee" wrote:
>
> > Sorry, incase my last post was misleading, I meant thanks for the suggestion,
> > but that didn't solve my problem.
> >
> > "yee" wrote:
> >
> > > Yup, tried that, thanks.

I'm having the same problem in WoW as well as any other online game
that i play. Never happened in XP after i turned off WZC. that became
a no brainer after SP2 Came out. So far there is no way to fix it,
until Microsoft deems it a bug. I will keep on coming back here for
more hopefully some 3rd party software comes out to take over the WLAN
AutoConfig service.