On 2/1/15, Thee Chicago Wolf (MVP) <"."> wrote: > On Sat, 31 Jan 2015 10:33:24 -0500, Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > >>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 > > I still use it on all my WIn 7 boxes, productions workstations (600+) > and on my servers. It helps me IMMENSELY, esp. on my printer servers > which get slammed with GIGs of print data per hour.
Ok - I'll bite :) What settings do you use, what changes does tcp optimizer then make & what's the before & after response time,thruput, or [what?] difference on your print servers? > There are as many critics of it as there are advocates but the critics > are the idiots who make arguments like "it doesn't make my Internet > faster." Yeah, no sh*t Sherlock. It won't make a 10Mb connection > suddenly go to 20Mbit which s what most people *think* it is supposed > to do. That is not its purpose. > > TCPOptimizer's whole purpose is to take XP through to Win 7's TCP > features that are disable by default and properly tune them or enabled > them for maximum responsiveness. Is English your native language? "maximum responsiveness" is an extremely vague term, so I'm wondering exactly how one measures it. Again, if you have them, the numbers for responsiveness before & after using tcp optimizer as well as the settings you use for tcp optimizer would be appreciated. > XP through WIn 7 have ok TCP stacks, Win 7's being decent, but they > are, by default, set to the *worst* case scenario by Microsoft > themselves. TCPOptimizer just sets things for the *BEST* case > scenario...with the worst case scenario in mind (dirty lines, noise, > lag, bad TTL, latency, etc.). > > When used correctly with a competent understanding of networking, & here I thought I had a competent understanding of networking. Which is why I doubt it'll do much for a Win 7 box. > ... it > works and works well. I've always seen my throughput and > responsiveness jump up when using it. It's never failed me. Please enlighten me. What changes need to be made on Win7 to improve thruput & responsiveness? Regards, Lee _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
