Adjusting TCP windows on production systems?

Tue Sep 30 21:17:44 UTC 2003

We do on some systems that do bulk data transfer over links with latency 
(latency being 70 ms cross country).

Temkin, David wrote:

> Is there anyone in a production environment who, as part of their 
> system build process, adjusts the TCP receive window/MSS/etc. on 
> production systems?
>
> I'm dealing with a few latency issues and the MSS settings improve 
> them, but I'm hesitant to suggest it unless there's something I can 
> point to.
>
> -Dave
>