Dan McDonald wrote:
> shell(~)[0]% ndd -get /dev/tcp tcp_xmit_hiwat
> 49152
> shell(~)[0]% ndd -get /dev/tcp tcp_recv_hiwat
> 49152
> shell(~)[0]% 


They were set to the above values more than 8 years ago...


> Why are our TCP window sizes by default so small?  


Back then or now?  Yes, I guess we should increase them
to a higher value given today's network.  But I guess a
more appropriate thing to do is to have them auto-tuned
so that no one will ask this question again.



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                                                K. Poon.
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