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- From: James Darrell Watkins <jwatkins@fay.infi.net>
- Newsgroups: alt.winsock.trumpet,alt.winsock,comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: My ISP's winsock settings?
- Date: Sat, 17 Feb 1996 01:18:23 -0500
- Organization: US Army
- Message-ID: <3125732F.785B@fay.infi.net>
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- Winmichael@intellisys.net wrote:
- >
- > I recently asked my ISP what his winsock settings were so I could try
- > to avoid packet fragmentation, maximize file transfers, etc. They
- > E-mailed me the following:
- > MTU: 1500
- > MSS: 212
- > RWIN: 848
- >
- > From what I've read (on Curt's High Speed Modem FAQ and Al's Winsock
- > Tuning FAQ) these settings seem a little odd to me. I'm no expert by
- > any means, but it sure would be nice to hear from someone who is (AL?
- > Curt? Anybody?) My Trumpet version 2.1f settings are:
- > MTU: 1500
- > MSS: 1460
- > RWIN: 8195
- >
- > Should I leave mine alone or change them to my ISP's settings?
- > Thanks.
- >
- > Michael B. Kintner
- > michael@intellisys.net
- > This space reserved for an appropriately
- > witty, thought provoking, and currently
- > undetermined signature file.sock integrity is best preserved when all machines run competetive
- modems and mostly equal buffer-packet sizes.
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