Settings for XP Pro Using Router

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What XP services can I / should I disable when using a router with
Windows XP Pro?

Topography: Windows XP Pro SP1 / Realtek RTL8139 Onboard LAN /
Linksys BEFW11S4 Router / Linksys BEFCMU10 Cable Modem

To optimize my connection, I have assigned a direct IP and DNS in my
XP Pro TCP/IP Properties. But I don't want my OS to be redundant and
do the same work that my router is doing.

I have only learned enough, about XP Pro and my Router , to get me
into trouble and am looking for direction :-)

Thanks!!!
 
-----Original Message-----
What XP services can I / should I disable when using a router with
Windows XP Pro?

Topography: Windows XP Pro SP1 / Realtek RTL8139 Onboard LAN /
Linksys BEFW11S4 Router / Linksys BEFCMU10 Cable Modem

To optimize my connection, I have assigned a direct IP and DNS in my
XP Pro TCP/IP Properties. But I don't want my OS to be redundant and
do the same work that my router is doing.

I have only learned enough, about XP Pro and my Router , to get me
into trouble and am looking for direction :-)

Thanks!!!
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If you can find an answer to this one, I would
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What XP services can I / should I disable when using a router with
Windows XP Pro?

Topography: Windows XP Pro SP1 / Realtek RTL8139 Onboard LAN /
Linksys BEFW11S4 Router / Linksys BEFCMU10 Cable Modem

To optimize my connection, I have assigned a direct IP and DNS in my
XP Pro TCP/IP Properties. But I don't want my OS to be redundant and
do the same work that my router is doing.

I have only learned enough, about XP Pro and my Router , to get me
into trouble and am looking for direction :-)

Thanks!!!
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I'm not aware of any XP services that should be disabled when using a
router.

Disable the Internet Connection Firewall on your LAN connection (to
allow file and printer sharing on the LAN), but enable it on any
dial-up connections.

You say that assigning a direct IP and DNS will "optimize" your
connection? How will it do that? I don't think it will have any
effect on Internet or LAN access.
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Thanks for the reply Steve. I started this tweaking after I read the
following post at http://broadbandnuts.com/yabbse/index.php?board=8;action=display;threadid=933

WinXP and Router speed
« on: November 12, 2002, 06:19:36 PM »

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Iv been hitting hard in WinXP and was digging to find out why it wasnt
as fast through a router as it should be here is the results WinXP vs
Win2kpro
This will help Win2k as well.. read the bottem section

Win2k is 167KB/sec to 187KB/sec on my network through
Mindspring/Earthlink/covad with a near 400kbps upload average upload
370kbps

WinXP on my network the best on the same connection was 112KB/sec Down
and 256upload all the same tweaks. Based on OS.

After applying this to XP below The Average went from
112KB/sec to 210KB/sec average

This is a simple fix and does require that your on a router with a
internal IP address
Or a way to set your Gateway IP in XP

Goto My network places
Click Veiw network connections
Right click "Local area connection" click on "Properties"
Highlight "Internet Protocol"
click on the Properties button

If you dont have an IP assigned do it now
such as
192.168.0.4 with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0
goto the DNS section and put in your DNS IP address's assigned to you
from your ISP

Next the important part the reason your reading this

Click on the Advanced button
goto default gateways

click on add in my case it was 192.168.0.44
where it says automatic Un-check that and give it a value of 1 Say Ok
to all including a reboot if Windows tells you to and enjoy
With Win2k Metric 1 is assigned by default once a gateway is set in so
all you need is the above settings.

Let me know how this works out for you Im enjoying it
ANd Im not a big fan of XP

If you need to know more here's the Microsoft Technet Artical I got
this info from
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tr...prodtechnol/winxppro/reskit/prcc_tcp_yqxk.asp
<<<< END OF QUOTE >>>>>

Steve, does the above make sense? Like I said, I've learnt just eough
to get into trouble :-)

Rick
 
Thanks for the reply Steve. I started this tweaking after I read the
following post at http://broadbandnuts.com/yabbse/index.php?board=8;action=display;threadid=933

WinXP and Router speed
« on: November 12, 2002, 06:19:36 PM »

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Iv been hitting hard in WinXP and was digging to find out why it wasnt
as fast through a router as it should be here is the results WinXP vs
Win2kpro
This will help Win2k as well.. read the bottem section

Win2k is 167KB/sec to 187KB/sec on my network through
Mindspring/Earthlink/covad with a near 400kbps upload average upload
370kbps

WinXP on my network the best on the same connection was 112KB/sec Down
and 256upload all the same tweaks. Based on OS.

After applying this to XP below The Average went from
112KB/sec to 210KB/sec average

This is a simple fix and does require that your on a router with a
internal IP address
Or a way to set your Gateway IP in XP

Goto My network places
Click Veiw network connections
Right click "Local area connection" click on "Properties"
Highlight "Internet Protocol"
click on the Properties button

If you dont have an IP assigned do it now
such as
192.168.0.4 with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0
goto the DNS section and put in your DNS IP address's assigned to you
from your ISP

Next the important part the reason your reading this

Click on the Advanced button
goto default gateways

click on add in my case it was 192.168.0.44
where it says automatic Un-check that and give it a value of 1 Say Ok
to all including a reboot if Windows tells you to and enjoy
With Win2k Metric 1 is assigned by default once a gateway is set in so
all you need is the above settings.

Let me know how this works out for you Im enjoying it
ANd Im not a big fan of XP

If you need to know more here's the Microsoft Technet Artical I got
this info from
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tr...prodtechnol/winxppro/reskit/prcc_tcp_yqxk.asp
<<<< END OF QUOTE >>>>>

Steve, does the above make sense? Like I said, I've learnt just eough
to get into trouble :-)

Rick
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I don't think that manually assigning an IP address or a metric can
make a particular network connection work faster or slower.

If a computer has more than one network connection for Internet
access, it will use just one of them. Assigning a metric to a
connection can make the computer use that connection instead of
another one. If that makes it use a faster connection, then network
speed could increase.

That Technet article is quite long, and I don't know what section of
it someone was referring to.

There are advanced TCP/IP settings that can affect network speed.
This article describes some of them:

TCP/IP and NBT Configuration Parameters for Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314053&Product=winxp

This program can help you determine and specify the optimum values:

http://www.dslreports.com/front/drtcp.html
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
 
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