The truth is that your XP machine needs to be running on a QoS-
enabled network and run QoS-enabled applications for it to reserve
any available bandwidth.

--- In ib-support@y..., "Achim Kaiser" <kaiser_achim@g...> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> the most recommended protocoll for firebird is tcp/ip.
>
> With WinXP MS introduced a new service called "Quality of Service"
(QoS).
> This new service cuts off 20% of the bandwith for system-services,
> videoconferences, Net-Framework etc. and slows down the tcp/ip
traffic.
>
> Even if you did not aktivate or configure the service the OS-
defaults
> cut off 20%. This seems to be the new system-defaults
>
> One way to get rid of this service (names from the german-version
of XP) :
>
> Start the *Gruppenrichtlinen-Editor* (gpedit.msc)
>
> go to "Richtlinen für Lokaler Computer/Adminstartive
Vorlagen/Netzwerk"
> to *QoS Paketplaner", open "Reservierbare Bandbreite einschränken",
> In the register *Einstellung" *aktivate* the setting and set the
> *Bandbreitenlimit* to 0.
>
> With this settings you get back the reserved 20% bandwith.
>
> It should be easy to translate the names to the english version of
WinXP
> and test this behaviour.
> I do not know if there are similar settings in Win2k.
> Can somebody check this out ?
>
> If XP-users can confirm this behaviour it should be documented in
the
> release notes to speed up firebird under Win XP.
>
>
> Greetings
>
> Achim KAiser
>
>
>
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