Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 19:22:28 +0000 (GMT) From: George Reid <greid@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: John Skibicki III <djplayboy_nsp@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: TCP/IP Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012221920500.411-100000@sobek.openirc.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <F644z7apNYVsUeRh0Pu00005435@hotmail.com>
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On Fri, 22 Dec 2000, John Skibicki III wrote:
> I'm still a newbie @ BSD! I was wondering, I know in micro$ofts
> implementation of TCP/IP they have a thing called a TCP recieving and
> sending window. When I got my Cable modem I was getting real bad speeds
> because my dial up software changed my recieve window to a smaller size.
> Thus changing the recieve window bigger I got the speeds I should have. Was
> wondering if BSD has a simmilar setting some where?
> if so how can it be adjusted? Thanks John!
Of course. There are several window size sysctl(8)s. The two you need are
net.inet.tcp.sendspace and net.inet.tcp.recvspace.
Use "sysctl -w net.inet.tcp.sendspace=value" to change them. Read
sysctl.conf(5) if you want them set at boot time.
G
"And then it comes to be that the soothing light
at the end of your tunnel was just a freight
train, comin' your way."
George Reid * greid@ukug.uk.freebsd.org
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