Offtopic: How To Really Speed Up A Windows Wifi Connection

I just got finished upgrading my router’s firmware and realized “crap, my little iBook’s connection is almost twice as fast as my Windows box”. I fiddled around with some settings, and by disabling a single setting and installing a new program the speed doubled.

**Note: I have no clue if this will work for everyone, it probably depends on your setup.

First open up the Network Connections window, from Start Menu -> Control Panel - > Network Connections. Right click on your Wireless Network Connection and select properties.

In the General tab, scroll through the list until you hit “QoS Packet Scheduler” and disable it. Click OK and your connection should automatically disable and enable. I am not 100% sure what that thing does, but it sure made a difference disabling it.

I also recommend a little executable called TCPOptimizer. It lets you change a bunch of settings for your connection (timing, packet sizes, etc). All I did with it was set the connection speed to the max, then selected the “Optimal Settings” radio button on the bottom of the window. When you click Apply it will let you backup your current settings - definitely do that!

This may or may not work for wired connection, I haven’t tried it with that yet. I see no reason why it wouldn’t work.

Oh, and a legal note: I am not responsible if your computer grows legs and runs away, explodes, implodes, starts beeping incessantly, or any other issues that may pop up.

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