Vista Wireless Network Lag/Spikes

Vista Anti-Lag works for me i am using Vista Ultimate x86 my WLAN card
is a Linksys 54G w/ Speedbooster

I really wish this issue would be addressed because it's totally unbearable
trying to play games when u freeze up for 2-3 seconds every minute because of
this WLAN AutoConfig thing in Vista trying to find a new network every 60
seconds. In XP you could turn off the Wireless Zero Configuration and still
connect manually to the Internet, but with Vista when you turn off the WLAN
AutoConfig I cant figure out how to connect to the Internet. And like
several others here, Vista Anti-Lag and WLANOptimizer did not work for me
either. Can someone please figure out how to solve this problem???

Same here - Only thing that REALLY makes me regret buying Vista

Same problems as the above posters - every 60 seconds i get a spike of
~12-2500 ms. Tested it by doing a Ping to my router (ping 192.168.1.1 /t)
while not connected to the Internet and while connected. Tested the same way
on a dual-boot Windows XP Professional (DK) with no problems.

I have also tried WLAN Optimizer and Vista Anti-Lag, but those does not work
on my setup.

Sandberg Wireless NIC (Ralink chipset).
LinkSys WRT54GL Router.
Windows Vista Home Premium.

Internet gaming is pretty much impossible with this bug.



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stefan_v;462044 Wrote:
> Same here - Only thing that REALLY makes me regret buying Vista
>
> Same problems as the above posters - every 60 seconds i get a spike of
> ~12-2500 ms. Tested it by doing a Ping to my router (ping 192.168.1.1
> /t)
> while not connected to the Internet and while connected. Tested the
> same way
> on a dual-boot Windows XP Professional (DK) with no problems.
>
> I have also tried WLAN Optimizer and Vista Anti-Lag, but those does not
> work
> on my setup.
>
> Sandberg Wireless NIC (Ralink chipset).
> LinkSys WRT54GL Router.
> Windows Vista Home Premium.
>
> Internet gaming is pretty much impossible with this bug.

Yes... I feel your pain... I had no other choice but to give up gaming
and for some weird reason, xp wont work on my pc


--
PhurBos

I to have had problems with any online game with the same lag and getting
disconnected problem such as WoW W3 and others. Im glad to know im not the
only one.

"yee" wrote:

> 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.

I've been wrestling this problem for a while now, and after a hefty amount of
research on various messageboards, found a solution that sounded like a real
pain to implement but ended up working for me.

I'd tried WLANOptimizer, Vista Anti-Lag, and the netsh scripts that disable
autoconfig to no avail. Then I read on one messageboard that someone was
able to get Vista Anti-Lag working by installing the XP drivers in Vista.

I steeled myself and decided to give it a shot. I have the exact same
configuration as the OP (a WMP54G Wireless-G card and a WRT54G router, but
I'm using the newest Linksys F/W as opposed to WW-DRT). I went ahead and
uninstalled the device in Device Manager, checking the box to delete the
driver files. At the time I didn't realize that I still had the previous
drivers in C:/Program Files/Linksys Drivers so it kept reinstalling and I had
to delete those drivers as well. Then I unzipped the WMP54Gv4.1_20051117
driver package to that same directory and ran Setup.exe in Windows XP
(Service Pack 2) compatibility mode, although I'm not certain that's
necessary.

The installation went off without a hitch and I reconnected to my wireless
network and pinged the router with the -t flag. Hmm. Well, just as before,
every minute there was one in the 1200ms-1500ms range.

So, I ran Vista Anti-Lag again, verified it detected the Wireless-G adapter
and clicked the "activate VAL" button.

ping 192.168.2.1 -t

1ms, 2ms, 1ms, 4ms. . .wait for it. Hold on a sec. Where are the spikes?

Well, it appears to have worked. I've been watching that cmd window for
probably five or six minutes now and haven't seen a single spike. I'll crank
up some online games here in a bit and see if it helps with the
lag/freezes/disconnects I've been having.

So, if you're having this same problem, go ahead and install XP drivers and
give Vista Anti-Lag another try. Wasn't as painful as I thought it'd be.