Tuning the Linux Kernel for Better Network Throughput
Jun 24, 2007, 12:00 (2 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Vincent Danen)
"The Linux kernel and the distributions that package it
typically provide very conservative defaults to certain network
settings that affect networking parameters. These settings can be
tuned via the /proc filesystem or using the sysctl program. The
latter is often better, as it reads the contents of
/etc/sysctl.conf, which allows you to keep settings across
reboots.
"The following is a snippet from /etc/sysctl.conf that may
improve network performance..."
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