Changes between Version 6 and Version 7 of UserGuide/BandwidthTweaking

Timestamp:

02/28/2010 10:24:59 PM (14 years ago)

Author:

pi3832

Comment:

Clarify and lower Half-Open Connections

UserGuide/BandwidthTweaking

@@ -36 +36 @@
 || Maximum Download Speed || '''80 - 95%''' of tested download speed || (Be careful of setting this too high--it can strangle your browsing, media streaming, etc. and other people who use your connection.)
 || Maximum Upload Speed || '''80%''' of tested upload speed || (Upload speed is the limiter for most p2p applications.) ||
-|| Maximum Half-Open Connections: || '''50 - 100''' || (Unless you've got a Windows install with limited half-open connections.  Then this should be 50 - 80% of that limit.) ||
+|| Maximum Half-Open Connections: || '''10 - 50''' || (Unless you've got a Windows install with limited half-open connections.  Then this should be 80% of that limit.) ||
 
-Everyone got all excited when it was discovered that Microsoft had, at one point, limited half-open connections in XP and Vista to small numbers.  As a plethora of hacks came out to remove this limit, somehow "half-open connections" became the scape-goat for slow download speeds.  Suddenly it became ''de riguer'' to advise Windows users to hack the TCP/IP driver and set their half-open connections to something huge, like 200.
+Everyone got all excited when it was noticed that Microsoft had initially limited half-open connections in XP and Vista to small numbers.  As a plethora of hacks came out to remove this limit, somehow "half-open connections" became the scape-goat for slow download speeds.  Suddenly it became ''de riguer'' to advise Windows users to hack the TCP/IP driver and set their half-open connections to something huge, like 200.
 
-Most users have no need for a setting that high, and Microsoft has removed the original limit in later releases/patches--or at least made it user-adjustable.  Half-open connections should--rapidly--resolve to fully-opened connections or be timed-out.  So, you really don't need to allow that many of them to be hanging around.
+Most users have no need for a setting that high, and Microsoft has removed the original limit in later releases/patches, and made it user-adjustable.  (Do not patch your tcpip.sys or whatever--just update to the current official release.)  The reality is that half-open connections should--rapidly--resolve to fully-opened connections or be timed-out, so you really don't need that many of them hanging around, anyway.
 
-|| Maximum Connection Attempts per Second || '''20''' || (When you set your per-torrent connections and such to a reasonable number, you will fairly quickly establish reliable connections with plenty of peers.  You shouldn't need to be banging around for thousands of new connections every minute.) ||
+|| Maximum Connection Attempts per Second || '''20''' || (When you set your per-torrent connections and such to a reasonable number, you will establish reliable connections with plenty of peers.  You shouldn't need to be banging around for thousands of new connections every minute.) ||