Mick wrote:
Reading another posters comments (you learn all sort of interesing stuff
here ;-) I checked my internet connection using the SpeedGuide.net TCP/IP
Analyzer and discovered that my TCP Receive Window is somewhat smaller than
anticipated, or than what a M$Windoze box which is running on the same LAN
(using the same router) shows:
Windoze box:
Default TCP Receive Window (RWIN) = 65535
Gentoo box:
Default TCP Receive Window (RWIN) = 5840
On Linux, RWIN starts low for every connection and then rises very
rapidly as subsequent data transfers happen.
You have an element of control over this in /proc/sys/net, but if I were
you I'd just stick with the defaults and be happy with the knowledge
that Linux's implementation of windowing is more dynamic, and the
initial low value is nothing to go by :)
Daniel
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