Advanced Network Settings (Windows 7)

Reorder and optimize protocols

1- Click the Windows 7 Orb, and select the Control Panel option.

2- Under Network and Internet, click on View network status and tasks.

3- On the left-hand side, click on Change adapter settings.

4- Select the Local Area Connection, or any connection you use to connect to the Maitre’D network, and click the Advanced menu.

a. If you can’t see the menu bar, click on the Organize button, point to Layout and click on the Menu Bar option.

5- From the Advanced menu, select the Advanced Settings… option.

6- As the Advanced Settings window opens on the Adapters and Bindings tab, locate the Local Area Connection in the top part of the window.

7- Select the Local Area Connection, and click the green up-arrow button to move it towards the top of the list.

8- Make sure that the Local Area Connection is at the very top of the list.

9- Make sure that the Local Area Connection remains selected. Then, using the same method as described above, make sure that the Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) is listed first under each binding.

10-Repeat step #9 for each connection. For example, if you have multiple NIC cards, wireless adapters or VPN connections, make sure that the TCP/IPv4 protocol comes first for each of them.

11-Click on the Provider Order tab, and locate the Microsoft Windows Network provider.

12-Select the Microsoft Windows Network provider, and click the green up-arrow until it reaches the top of the list.

13-Click OK to save your settings and close this window.

14-Repeat these steps for each and every connection you use for Maitre’D on this PC, if there is more than one.

15-Repeat these steps on all Windows 7 PCs across your network.

Disable TCP/IPv6

The 128 bit TCP/IPv6 is the protocol that is meant to replace the current 32 bit TCP/IPv4 protocol. However, as of November 2016, TCP/IPv6 traffic barely represents 16% of all the Internet traffic monitored by Google1 . Furthermore, TCP/IPv6 used in conjunction with TCP/IPv4 on the same system is known to have caused communication issues.

For these reasons, it is recommended that the TCP/IPv6 be disabled on all systems that support it. These include:

• Windows 7 • Windows 8.1 • Windows 10 • Windows Server 2008

Warning!

Before disabling the TCP/IPv6 protocol, please ensure that it is not used within the organization and that there are no plans to do so in the near future. Also, please confirm this information with the local IT department or system administrator. Note that disabling the TCP/IPv6 is not permanent. It can very easily be re-enabled should it be required in the future.

1- Click the Windows 7 Orb, and select the Control Panel option.

2- Under Network and Internet, click on View network status and tasks

3- On the left-hand side, click on Change adapter settings.

4- Right-Click the Local Area Connection, or any connection you use to connect to the Maitre’D network, and select the Properties option.

5- The Local Area Connection Properties window will open. Remove the check mark from Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6).

6- Click OK to save the changes, and close all other remaining windows.

If there is a need to re-enable Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6), simply follow the exact same steps as described above to reach the local area connection properties, and re-enable the checkmark.