Test your router for Vista compatability

[ecross]

The Internet Connectivity Evaluation Tool checks your Internet router to see if it supports certain technologies. You can use this tool on a PC running either the Windows Vista or Windows XP operating system. The tool is intended to be run from a home network behind a home Internet (NAT) router.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/usi...d/default.mspx

[ecross]

Information about the test itself.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/usi.../moreinfo.mspx

[robscars123]

ok lol.

[ua549]

The test works only with an IE rendering engine. I used Firefox.

Universal Plug and Play will fail if you are running Vista and do not have the Windows firewall enabled.

[SuperSparks]

I have the Windows Firewall enabled but UpNP still failed. I normally have it disabled anyway. I was under the impression that it was a bit of a security hole?

[ua549]

It is a security hole. The description of the failure for UPnP.

Result:
The operating system is Windows Vista
The firewall is disabled
UPnP is enabled by the firewall
UPnP services are running
UPnP Discovery is enabled
Detecting Internet Gateway Devices on the network
0 IGD(s) found
Failed to find any Internet Gateway Devices

[kronhead]

The Internet Connectivity Evaluation Tool checks your Internet router to see if it supports certain technologies. You can use this tool on a PC running either the Windows Vista or Windows XP operating system. The tool is intended to be run from a home network behind a home Internet (NAT) router.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/usi...d/default.mspx

The question is: why is this even needed?

I did have to replace my old Dlink DI-524 router with a "Vista-compatible" Netgear WGR614 to get DHCP and the LAN browser to work via wireless - they worked fine over ethenet - but what part of TCPIP, DNS, DHCP, etc, should be incompatible between Vista and an old router? Wireless (including WPA) worked if I hardcoded an IP address - but LAN browsing still did not.

I know that Vista changed a default on the DHCP broadcast bit - but Vista supposedly can supposedly handle this with a registry setting - which did not help me at all. My new Vista laptop worked fine at Starbucks (T-mobile) and my local public library - but I never got an answer as to WHY it did not work at home ...

Dan