On 1/30/15, WaltS48 <[email protected]> wrote: > On 01/30/2015 05:39 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: >> Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP] wrote: >>> [snip] >>> Yes, we know there's still a population out there on dial-up. You >>> should also use TCPOptimizer 3.0.8 (it's Free) to squeeze out a little >>> bit more oomph from that old dial-up connection. Used to work well for >>> me back in the day. >> >> A link to author's site please. >> A Google search turns up multiple "greatest thing since sliced bread" >> reviews. >> What say author(s)? >> TIA > > > "The program can aid both the novice and the advanced user in tweaking > related TCP/IP parameters in Windows, making it easy to tune your system to > the type of Internet connection used." > > <http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php>
I looked at it a long time ago -- back when WinXP was all shiny & new. It was useful if you had a broadband connection; the default 16KB tcp window size wasn't large enough for even a 10Mb connection & most people would rather use a GUI than regedit to make registry changes. But for dialup, a 16KB tcp window is plenty enough. And starting with Vista, MS made the tcp stack auto-tuning so there are no big gains to be had using one of those tcp optimizer programs on a currently supported Windows OS. (in other words, if the OP still has XP it might help on the library wireless connection) So don't expect much from optimizing a dial-up connection, but it could help a bit if selective acks or path mtu discovery aren't already enabled. Regards, Lee _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
