Did the easy troubleshooting already: exited virus program (Kaspersky), exited sidebar, exited everything I could find running in the background.
But the suckage persists. The Google homepage takes 2-5 seconds to load, fercryinoutloud! Forget anything with actual content; half the time pages time out and I have to reload and hope for the best.
So what could be causing this mysterious internet stoppage, and how do I fix it? I plan to update the driver for my wireless NIC tomorrow. . .and I really don't want to re-install Vista.
And if I do finally punt and re-install Vista, I'd have to go with a clean install to move up to the 64-bit version, wouldn't I?
Haelp?
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
Any major packetloss to your router? To google?
I got pissed at it. all I did was ipconfig /flushdns, reset my router and dsl modem, and turned my computer off for eight hours.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
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Bloodsage had this to say about Punky Brewster:
Turned out to be the NIC. I thought I'd double-check for newer drivers. . .and found that it wasn't Vista compatible and the company had no plans to make it so. A quick trip to the BX and $79 later I've got a new wireless NIC and the intarweb loves me again, albeit at the still-slow pace of rural DSL.
Rural DSL? What is this witchery?
Edit: fucking word filter Damnati fucked around with this message on 09-06-2008 at 02:26 PM.
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We're in a pretty rural area.
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Bloodsage postedTurned out to be the NIC. I thought I'd double-check for newer drivers. . .and found that it wasn't Vista compatible and the company had no plans to make it so. A quick trip to the BX and $79 later I've got a new wireless NIC and the intarweb loves me again, albeit at the still-slow pace of rural DSL.
Holy shitballs, $79 for a NIC? Guess you pay for the convenience in a big way.
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Alidane's account was hax0red to write:
Holy shitballs, $79 for a NIC? Guess you pay for the convenience in a big way.
wireless NIC
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Kegwen postedwireless NIC
goddamnit, i'm retarded.
Due to the age and layout of the house--Germans seem to think you only need two telephone outlets in a 3-storey house. 
So we've got one downstairs outside the dining room, and one in the master bedroom. . .but my office is on the third floor on the opposite side of the house and I only get about 24% signal strength.
I'm thinking of disabling the wireless on the current router and using it to drive a 802.11N wireless router. . .theoretically boosting signal strength some.
Is it worth the price of the expensive new router? Will a boosted signal strength have any advantage at all?
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
