Slow Internet After Vista Wakes From Sleep

> danP25 wrote:

> > When I wakeup my computer after Vista has been asleep, my internet connection
> > is significantly slower. For example, pages that would normally take 1-2
> > seconds to load take 10-20 seconds and images are always very slow to load.
> >
> > The problem can be reproduced without fail. After a restart the speeds are
> > what I would expect. Put the machine into sleep mode, then wake it back up,
> > and suddenly my transfer speed seems to be 1KB/sec (when viewing the status
> > of the connection).
> >
> > The strange part is that if I restart the computer the sluggishness
> > disappears and everything is back to normal. As far as I can tell, I get no
> > errors when returning from sleep mode. My network controller isn't set to go
> > to sleep ever, either. I have the newest network and motherboard drivers. I
> > have no idea what could be causing this degradation.
> >
> > In addition, it seems that changing any setting (it doesn't matter which, it
> > could be something completely unrelated like a logging setting) on the
> > network controller in device manager usually causes the network card to
> > behave normally afterward. I'm assuming that this is because the card has to
> > reinitialize.
> >
> > Here's the relevant items, I think:
> > Windows Vista Ultimate
> > Gigabyte 965G-DS3 motherboard with a Marvell Yukon 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit
> > Ethernet Controller
> >
> > The problem occurs when using the newest Marvell drivers provided by
> > Gigabyte, or even when using the newest ones from Marvell's website.
> >
> > I don't think it's a network or router issue because other computers on my
> > network don't show the same slow speeds.
> >
> > Thanks for any help you can give.

>
> Have you asked Gigabyte about this? They may know what settings to alter
> to get the NIC working properly after resuming.
>
>

> I have emailed their support, but I'm still waiting on a reply. In any case,
> looking through the available settings for the network controller in device
> manager or even in the BIOS, I don't see any that seem like they would make a
> difference in this situation.
>
> "Neil Harley" wrote:
>

> > danP25 wrote:

> > > When I wakeup my computer after Vista has been asleep, my internet connection
> > > is significantly slower. For example, pages that would normally take 1-2
> > > seconds to load take 10-20 seconds and images are always very slow to load.
> > >
> > > The problem can be reproduced without fail. After a restart the speeds are
> > > what I would expect. Put the machine into sleep mode, then wake it back up,
> > > and suddenly my transfer speed seems to be 1KB/sec (when viewing the status
> > > of the connection).
> > >
> > > The strange part is that if I restart the computer the sluggishness
> > > disappears and everything is back to normal. As far as I can tell, I get no
> > > errors when returning from sleep mode. My network controller isn't set to go
> > > to sleep ever, either. I have the newest network and motherboard drivers. I
> > > have no idea what could be causing this degradation.
> > >
> > > In addition, it seems that changing any setting (it doesn't matter which, it
> > > could be something completely unrelated like a logging setting) on the
> > > network controller in device manager usually causes the network card to
> > > behave normally afterward. I'm assuming that this is because the card has to
> > > reinitialize.
> > >
> > > Here's the relevant items, I think:
> > > Windows Vista Ultimate
> > > Gigabyte 965G-DS3 motherboard with a Marvell Yukon 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit
> > > Ethernet Controller
> > >
> > > The problem occurs when using the newest Marvell drivers provided by
> > > Gigabyte, or even when using the newest ones from Marvell's website.
> > >
> > > I don't think it's a network or router issue because other computers on my
> > > network don't show the same slow speeds.
> > >
> > > Thanks for any help you can give.

> >
> > Have you asked Gigabyte about this? They may know what settings to alter
> > to get the NIC working properly after resuming.
> >
> >

> I received an email response from Gigabyte asking if the OS was a clean
> install and suggesting that I upgrade to the most recent BIOS.
>
> I upgraded to the most recent BIOS version, but now I think their only
> response will be to do a clean install of the OS, which I'm not really all
> that keen on doing.
>
> Does anyone have any other ideas?
>
> Thanks.
>