JSI Tip 0405 - Reduce network delay.

Jerold Schulman

January 27, 1998

1 Min Read
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When TCP/IP network activity is light, delays may be encountered with the default request buffer size (4356 decimal).

The range of this parameter is 512 - 65536 bytes. Testing has shown that, in most standard Ethernet environments, 14596 (decimal) is a better choice, if the memory is available. Edit:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESystemCurrentControlSetServicesLanmanServerParameters

and Add Value name SizReqBuf as a type REG_DWORD.

Restart the computer.

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