New 12.2(8)T feature in Cisco IOS called TCP Windows Scaling: http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios122/122newft/122t/122t8/tcpwslfn.htm
Specifically made for satellite networks: ip tcp window-size 750000 -Hank >On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 11:01:04PM -0500, Mark Allman wrote: > > > The receiver is the one that informs the sender how large of a > > > window it can accept, so it can be practical for a subscriber > > > installation. It wouldn't be a good idea to park a bunch of > > > servers behind one of these links, but any receiving node that set > > > its TCP receive window to 2x the byte/sec capacity of the link > > > should see decent throughput. > > > > No, you need to set things on both sides. The sender has to buffer > > data until it is ACKed in case it needs to retransmit. So, its > > buffer needs to be as big as the advertised window or the sender > > buffer will effectivly limit the advertised window. > >What do you need to set on the send side? If the receiver tells the >sender "my acceptable window is 512k", the sender knows how much it >has to buffer. > >-c