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Vista's 'Next Gen' TCP/IP Stack

Posted by Zonk on from the i-thought-i'd-just-escaped-next-gen dept.

boyko.at.netqos writes "Microsoft's new Vista TCP/IP stack might be beneficial to businesses looking to increase use of their IT infrastructure... if they did it right. Ted Romer at Network Performance Daily writes: '[Vista] now allows us to throttle outbound traffic at a client or server. For example, you can throttle the bandwidth of a particular subnet to a particular server, giving some departments more access to the servers that they need. You can even restrict outgoing bandwidth for certain peer-to-peer applications like bit torrent. This shaping can also be handy when applied to servers, allowing less bandwidth for certain users/departments, and more for others. While consumers may debate whether Vista is a worthwhile upgrade, I believe it to be important for enterprise customers who will best be able to put Vista's capabilities to their fullest potential. Of course, I'm getting it for DirectX 10 games, but that's just me.'"

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  1. Words to strike fear into any heart by PHAEDRU5 · · Score: 4, Funny

    "redesigned from the ground up"

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  2. games? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Of course, I'm getting it for DirectX 10 games, but that's just me

    Just you? Wow, those will be some disappointing sales figures.

  3. Alternatively by eclectro · · Score: 5, Funny

    If that guy in accounting is spending all his time downloading movies off from bittorent, wouldn't it be better to fire him instead of shaping his packets??

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    1. Re:Alternatively by cycojesus · · Score: 5, Funny

      I am this guy AND I am the son of your boss. Ah, dilemna...

  4. Re:At least it's now easier to identify Vista by Da+Fokka · · Score: 2, Funny

    Don't forget about the transparent windows!

  5. Create your own reply by Giant+Ape+Skeleton · · Score: 5, Funny

    Big deal. ______ has had this in the kernel since ______.

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    1. Re:Create your own reply by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Big deal. Corn has had this in the kernel since it was a stalk.

    2. Re:Create your own reply by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Big Deal. _Kentucky_Fried_Chicken_ has had this in the Colonel since _The_Civil_War_.

  6. Re:Wondershaper by MicrosoftRepresentit · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, right...because if history teaches us anything, its that Linux is easier to use then Windows.

  7. Re:For anyone interested in enabling Compound TCP by Slashcrap · · Score: 2, Funny

    netsh interface tcp set global congestionprovider=ctcp

    This was one of the first commands I ran after Vista installed, and the difference is noticable.

    You could be a little bit more specific about what "noticeable" means. Was it good or bad?

    I recently tried to reduce the MTU size on a server 6000 miles away via the following command :

    ifconfig eth0 mtu 1200

    But I forgot to type the "mtu" part.

    The difference was definitely noticeable. No, not in a good way.

  8. Re:reasons to get vista. by Blakey+Rat · · Score: 2, Funny

    No intellectually honest person is saying Vista + new Office offer nothing new. The problem is that... well... you're reading this on Slashdot.

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  9. Re:At least it's now easier to identify Vista by SEMW · · Score: 2, Funny

    None of the new features hold any draw for me. It's good to see that there's finally something worthwhile in it--traffic shaping at the machine level is a good thing. When you say "It's good to see that there's finally something worthwhile in it"... This isn't a feature that's just been added the day before RTM; it's been there quite a while. Might I suggest that instead of saying that "none of the features hold any draw for me" and them immediately following that up with a stantement that you weren't even aware of at least one of the new features, you take the time to actually find out about the features new to Vista, and *then* decide whether any of the features interest you; rather than assuming that if a feature is of worth it will eventually float by you in the form of a Slashdot news story...
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  10. Re:-1 Linux Zealot (well... in slashdot might be + by indifferent+children · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wow! If your best means of proving that Windows is easier to use than Linux, is some corner-case about a Dance Dance Lemmings gaming peripheral, then Linux is even closer to WorldDomination(tm) than I thought.

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  11. Re:-1 Linux Zealot (well... in slashdot might be + by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I can count all the people affected my that little "problem" on one finger.

    Guess which one.