In the “Local & Wireless Network Connection” - Properties window all boxes will be ticked
Windows Vista & Windows 7 contains both the familiar IPv4 stack and the new IPv6 stack.
you do not need IPv6 at present disabling IPv6 in Vista & Windows 7 will help to speed up the
connection on your broadband service
In the “Local & Wireless Network Connection” you need to un-tick the following items
“Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6)”
“Link-Layer Topology Discovery Mapper I/O
Driver”
“Link-Layer Topology Discovery Responder”
Click OK after un-ticking the above for the changes to apply
At bottom of the display page tick the box “Show Icon in Notification Area When Connected
A display Icon will appear in the task bar when you have finish the set-up
At the top of display the type of Lan or Wireless card will be displayed
Click Configure – Click Advanced Tab
Click Connection Type - Change to “Auto- Negotiation”
Click Power Management Tab
Un-Tick if selected "Allow Computer to turn this device off to save power”