Verizon DSL → Vista concerns for new PC

I've had Verizon DSL for a few months and it has worked flawlessly (except for the occasional disconnect during t-storms).

I'm going to be buying a new PC and was thinking of getting Vista Home Premium (32) on it. I've read somewhere on this forum that if you are on certain routers (juniper?) that vista can cause problems. Is there anyway I can tell ahead of time whether this would be the case?

Or should I not expect connectivity/speed problems with vista? My current PCs have XP and Win2000

Thanks in advance!

Call Verizon and ask them what type of router you're own. TEll them you want it documented on your account, in case you do install Vista, and find out later their equipment isn't compatible. mIMO though, Vista is nice, I do like it, I've installed it a bunch of times, but all the hardware and driver issues aren't worth the headache. There's suppose to be a service pack in the works »blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=580 , so hopefully they'll address any TCP issues. Penewah!

What is being talked about are Verizon's routers (in the CO, etc.), not those on your home network. There is no conflict between Vista and these routers per se. The issue that exists with the Junipers exists in all OS's (even Linux), and seems to affect only the 3/768 speeds. However you can slightly get around it with XP and older (not sure about Linux). There may be a way around it in Vista as well, but as of right now I've never looked too far into it since I still run Win2k (and plan to for a long while). And since very few others seem know about this issue, I don't think anyone else has either.

What exactly happens is that speeds to sites and servers with a latency under 40ms (which are sites that tend to be closer to you) test to be slow and a little unstable, while those with higher latencies (those that tend to be farther away) test faster and more stable. The current workaround gives stable speeds throughout and reverses the speeds. So lower latencies are now stable and fast, but higher ones stay stable, but become slower.

If your current setup works fine, you should have no concerns with this issue at this time. That's not to say that you won't get switched to a Juniper in the future, as Verizon is constantly upgrading.

yeah i agree with Jodokas96, there would be no problem if you get a Vista OS. the computer has nothing to do with the operation of the modem...You just need to use the IPV4 on TCP/IP settings for Vista. Vista has IPV6 configured on it...

I just started playing with Vista. Recently I did an ipconfig and saw that it has both an IPv4 and IPv6 address. It has worked fine for me without me having to make any changes so, I don't think any settings need to be configured for IPv4 to work.

One of our PCs runs Vista and we have not experienced any problems with Verizon ADSL.

As others have posted the Juniper problem is with ISP/backbone routers not your residential NAT router.

/Tom

my sister accidentally configured her connection to IPv6...hehehehe! she got No Route