I do not argue with that the correct thing to do is to use window scaling and find/fix the poor sop's stuck behind busted networks. But: isn't it better to have just one sysctl parameter set (tcp_rmem) and set the window scale as needed rather than increasing the already bewildering array of dials and knobs? I can't see why it would be advantageous to set a window scale of 7 if the largest possible window ever offered is limited to a smaller value? - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html