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I thought I would share this with you in case you ever suffer the same.
Symptoms.
Client Running Windows Vista
PCM would take a long time to respond to actions happening on the phone. For example, if a number was dialled on the phone it could be as much as 10 seconds before the call appeared on the screen in PCM.
Changing Call Handling mode on PCM would function normally.
Ping time to server <1ms
I was also seeing intermittent error messages with PCM performing an illegal operation.
Additional Symptom
RDP session to server was slow to respond. Clicking start menu within RDP session would take several seconds to happen as did clicking on other icons and elements with applications on the server via an RDP session.
When using the server locally there were no problems with responsiveness.
The server showed no signs of having problems with resources.
The RDP problem was the key to the issue.
Remote Desktop slow problem solved Remote Desktop slow problem solved
This article discusses a new feature of Windows Vista which tunes the TCP recieve window.
This was causing the latency problem between the client and the server.
The feature can be disabled by running the following in an administrative command prompt (User must be a local admin)
I also unticked the service on the Local Area Network Connection "QoS Packet Scheduler" for good measure.
RDP now responds as it should.
PCM is real time again.
Symptoms.
Client Running Windows Vista
PCM would take a long time to respond to actions happening on the phone. For example, if a number was dialled on the phone it could be as much as 10 seconds before the call appeared on the screen in PCM.
Changing Call Handling mode on PCM would function normally.
Ping time to server <1ms
I was also seeing intermittent error messages with PCM performing an illegal operation.
Additional Symptom
RDP session to server was slow to respond. Clicking start menu within RDP session would take several seconds to happen as did clicking on other icons and elements with applications on the server via an RDP session.
When using the server locally there were no problems with responsiveness.
The server showed no signs of having problems with resources.
The RDP problem was the key to the issue.
Remote Desktop slow problem solved Remote Desktop slow problem solved
This article discusses a new feature of Windows Vista which tunes the TCP recieve window.
This was causing the latency problem between the client and the server.
The feature can be disabled by running the following in an administrative command prompt (User must be a local admin)
netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel=disabled
netsh interface tcp set global rss=disabled
netsh interface tcp set global rss=disabled
I also unticked the service on the Local Area Network Connection "QoS Packet Scheduler" for good measure.
RDP now responds as it should.
PCM is real time again.
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