site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: Macnetworkprog@lists.apple.com /etc/sysctl-macosxserver.conf states the following: # Some sysctl variables administrators may consider setting in /etc/sysctl.conf: # # This sets a threshold that triggers increasing the send/recv windows for TCP # connection from 32K to 64K to improve some file downloads. # If your server has a lot of memory and serves only local traffic (like AFP cli ents # on local LAN) you may want to increase this value beyond its default of 256 pc bs. # # net.inet.tcp.sockthreshold=512 When it says"256 pcbs", what does that mean? Also, how does the triggering mechanism work...when does the OS use 32K windows and when does it use 64K windows? The reason I ask is because I actually want to set the window size to 18K. I'm doing some testing and want to see if a smaller window size will increase performance on my network. In doing so I'm trying to understand OS X's behavior though. Thanks for any help. _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Macnetworkprog mailing list (Macnetworkprog@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/macnetworkprog/site_archiver%40lists.... This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com