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diff --git a/docs/docbook/projdoc/Other-Clients.sgml b/docs/docbook/projdoc/Other-Clients.sgml index 6177b4dcb6..73316927e0 100644 --- a/docs/docbook/projdoc/Other-Clients.sgml +++ b/docs/docbook/projdoc/Other-Clients.sgml @@ -168,7 +168,8 @@ packages, Samba, and Linux (and other UNIX-based systems) see <title>Use latest TCP/IP stack from Microsoft</title> <para>Use the latest TCP/IP stack from microsoft if you use Windows -for workgroups.</para> +for workgroups. +</para> <para>The early TCP/IP stacks had lots of bugs.</para> @@ -234,6 +235,24 @@ it may break the print queue reporting on some systems. It is presumably a WfWg bug.</para> </sect2> + +<sect2> +<title>Speed improvement</title> + +<para> +Note that some people have found that setting DefaultRcvWindow in +the [MSTCP] section of the SYSTEM.INI file under WfWg to 3072 gives a +big improvement. I don't know why. +</para> + +<para> +My own experience wth DefaultRcvWindow is that I get much better +performance with a large value (16384 or larger). Other people have +reported that anything over 3072 slows things down enourmously. One +person even reported a speed drop of a factor of 30 when he went from +3072 to 8192. I don't know why. +</para> +</sect2> </sect1> <sect1> @@ -266,6 +285,17 @@ OutLook and you may also notice a significant speedup when accessing network neighborhood services. </para> +<sect2> +<title>Speed improvement</title> + +<para> +Configure the win95 TCPIP registry settings to give better +performance. I use a program called MTUSPEED.exe which I got off the +net. There are various other utilities of this type freely available. +</para> + +</sect2> + </sect1> <sect1> |