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Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2003 14:45:00 -0800
From: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
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Andrew McGregor wrote:
> It should do OK by default, but you might want to read RFC 3150 for some 
> ideas for things to do to help.
> 
> Andrew

Testing I have done shows it will probably NOT be ok by default, especially
if you have any significant bandwidth on your satellite link.  I would suggest
increasing the tcp_[rw]mem buffers at least.

Ben

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