Just curious if all connection accelerators are the same? I tried Accelerate 2k2. Is anyone better than the other? I have cable to connect. Thanks.



Last edited by popeye at Oct 7 2002, 07:46 AM

Wth a cable connection you would be better off checking out the registry patches and tweaks at _www.speedguide.net IMHO

It really does not matter what kind of accelerator you are using. They all basically do the same things. What matters is the following

MTU Size - This has to be set according to your connection. The default MTU size is 576 (Dial-up connection). It is quite important that for cable you set it to 1500 and for DSL you set it to 1492.

RWIN (Tcp Receive window size) - The default setting for RWIN is 8192. However you can increase it and set it according to the OS you are using.

Every accelerator usually plays around with the following 3 settings:

MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) is the greatest amount of data that can be transferred in one physical frame on the network- from 576 to 1500 (You have a cable. So it should be set to 1500).

MSS (Maximum Segment size) is the largest segment of TCP data that the Winsock is prepared to receive. MSS is usually MTU-40. In your case it will be 1500-40 = 1460.

RWIN ( TCP Receive Window, or simply RWIN ) determines how much data the receiving computer is prepared to get. This value should always be set as a multiple of MSS. A too large RWIN will result in greater loss of data if a packet is lost or damaged. A too small RWIN will be very slow, as each packet will have to be acknowledged before the next packet is sent.

Hope this helps your question!

I have used quite a few accelerators over the past couple of years with DSL and Cable connections. The best one I can recommend is System Mechanic as it allows you to set these values manually or you can tell System Mechanic to configure it automatically. You can also go to www.dslreports.com and test your connection over there. The test results usually give you recommendations for tweaking your connection to get the best possible data transfers.

;)

Thanks for the replies! What is a IMHO?

In My Humble Opinion -_-

There is a nice free tool on that site richardc2000 posted called "TCP/IP Optimizer". Right up near the top of the page.
It can reccomend some optimal settings, let you put in custom settings and has a few tests to run.
Before using it make sure to backup your current settings just in case.
File\Backup current settings
Dave





Last edited by DaveH at Oct 8 2002, 03:11 AM