Tuning the IP Stack?

[Michael Hipp]

I've looked at some length at the two files Kurt offered, but can't figure 
out what parameters could/should be altered in an attempt to better cope 
with a high-latency link.

I've seen the problem now in 3 different email programs and 3 different 
distros (COL, SuSE, Gentoo).

If this is indeed caused by the satellite latency, surely I'm not the only 
one to have had a problem with it. Any help appreciated.

Michael

On Saturday 08 June 2002 02:29 pm, Kurt Wall wrote:
> 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