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MTU is the default packet size that Windows uses to negotiate with. If MTU is set too large, the routers fragment into a packet size that the router can handle. This fragmentation can double the amount of time it takes to send a single packet. |
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The TCP Receive Window size is the amount of receive data (in bytes) that can be buffered at one time on a connection. |
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TTL is a field in the IP header which indicates how long a packet should be allowed to survive before it is discarded. |
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Session Keep Alive specifies how often to send session keep alive packets on active sessions. |
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Enabling Path MTU Auto Discovery causes TCP to attempt to discover the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU or largest packet size) over the path to a remote host. |
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Black Hole Routers Detect specifies whether the stack will attempt to detect Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) routers that do not send back ICMP fragmentation-needed messages. |
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NDI Cache is the size of the cache used to store source routing paths. It has a very large effect on the performance of your TCP connection. |
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The HTTP 1.1 specification mandates the two connection limit and HTTP 1.0 specification mandates the four connection limit. |
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Most Internet Service Providers have inactivity timeout, they will disconnect you after a fixed time of modem inactivity. |