Tuning the IP Stack?

[Kurt Wall]

On Sat, 8 Jun 2002 13:38:20 -0500 Michael Hipp <mhipp at redmule.com>
wrote:
>
> Can you "tune" the Linux IP stack?

Yup:
$KERNEL_SRC/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
$KERNEL_SRC/linux/net/TUNABLE

> My email programs get hung frequently when downloading POP email.
> Tried Kmail, Slypheed and Mozilla mail. All exhibit this trait.
> 
> It seems to have started when I converted to this 2-way satellite
> Internet (high latency).
> 
> Can the Linux IP stack be tuned to better cope with it.

Probably, but I'm not persuaded the problem is the IP stack.

Kurt