Windows Vista - Network

• Activate support for Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN)

  Explicit Congestion Notification improves congestion handling for the TCP/IP protocol.

• Adding FTP server / WebDAV folder as a network place

  Use Windows Explorer to browse a remote internet server by adding it as a network place.

• Compound TCP (CTCP) can speed up TCP Slow Start

  Compound TCP (CTCP) can improve the throughput for high bandwidth and high latency connections, by improving TCP slow start.

• Configure TCPIP Max Transfer Unit (MTU) size

  Changing the Max Transfer Unit (MTU) to avoid packet fragmentation and connection loss.

• Disable IPv6 imaginary tunnel network interfaces

  IPv6 network tunnel interfaces makes you open for network attacks, and introduces an overhead.

• Enable auto-tuning of RWIN in Internet Explorer on Vista

  Configure TCPIP receive window auto-tuning for HTTP connections for faster download.

• Fails to obtain IP address when using DHCP broadcast request

  Certain network routers doesn't respond to DHCP requests that requires broadcast reply.

• Mapping WebDAV folder as a network drive letter

  Mount a Web Folder as a mapped network drive with help from the Webclient service.

• NDIS 5 hardware features that increases network performance

  Windows can activate NDIS 5 network hardware features for offloading the system processor.

• NDIS 6 hardware features that increases network performance

  Windows can activate NDIS 6 network hardware features for offloading the system processor.

• TCP/IP RWIN Auto-Tuning can slow down network

  Not all network routers supports the tcpip receive window scaling flag used by Windows Vista.

• The TCPIP nagle algorithm can slow down network

  Description of the nagle algorithm effects on the network throughput, and how to configure the delayed ACK.

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

  Before activating TCP/IP Version 6 then one should make sure that the DNS server is able to handle IPv6 properly.