Date: 01 Dec 2002 07:50:56 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com> To: James Grant <jamesg@xtra.co.nz> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: modifying advertised window size. Message-ID: <44r8d1q4wf.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <200211301634.51428.jamesg@xtra.co.nz> References: <200211301634.51428.jamesg@xtra.co.nz>
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James Grant <jamesg@xtra.co.nz> writes: > I want to modify my advertised window size so that I get better interactive > performance on my modem whilst downloading for example. > > I've tried using the route options "-lockrest -sendpipe 4096 -recvpipe 4096 > -mtu 576" for example. Then I do a do "route <host>" and all the options are > there like they should be. > > Then I start a session with that host, but when you look at tcpdump's output, > it's still using the ones in the sysctl, net.inet.tcp.recvspace and > net.inet.tcp.sendspace. It feels like it too, it saturates the whole > connection. > > Any ideas how I can make it use different window sizes for different routes? What you really want to do (in my opinion) is reduce the link MTU... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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