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TCPOptimizer?
raptorman
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Has anyone here used TCPOptimizer? Is it any good or can it cause problems? I have just d/loaded it and clicked optimal settings and noticed it was going to alter some of my registry. Didn't go ahead with it just in case.
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In my experience there is very little or no gain on dial up and nothing to gain on broadband by using that program... Changing your settings always comes with a risk... Why are you using it ?? do you have a problem with connection??0
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It will increase your P2P connectivity.Junkie0
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junkiepilot wrote:It will increase your P2P connectivity.
How so?????
As far as I can see its only really usefull for the MTU settings to stop fragmented packets..0 -
raptorman wrote:Has anyone here used TCPOptimizer? Is it any good or can it cause problems? I have just d/loaded it and clicked optimal settings and noticed it was going to alter some of my registry. Didn't go ahead with it just in case.
I uploaded it ages ago and it worked wonders on my speed (not far off doubling it) and didnt notice any horrible side effects :cool:0 -
MarkyMark wrote:I uploaded it ages ago and it worked wonders on my speed (not far off doubling it) and didnt notice any horrible side effects :cool:
Are you still using it as you said it worked meaning past tense
Sorry but I just wandered if you uninstalled it for some reason :beer:0 -
sco0ter wrote:How so?????
As far as I can see its only really usefull for the MTU settings to stop fragmented packets..
XP limits the amont of incoming connections to 10.......this patch will up that to 50.Junkie0 -
junkiepilot wrote:XP limits the amont of incoming connections to 10.......this patch will up that to 50.
Doing that can have adverse effects on router firewalls.. Netgear and linksys have been known to interperate this kind of traffic as a DOS attack and causes them to shutdown the connection for 30 seconds....
I dont think that actually effects P2P as even without using the program I can specify and connect to well over 150 different seeds no problem and can download in excess of 850Kbs. I think the incoming connections part is more for web browsing as its an IE setting..
Although I could be mistaken but never had a problem with P2P0 -
j_davies wrote:Are you still using it as you said it worked meaning past tense
Sorry but I just wandered if you uninstalled it for some reason :beer:
Yep still installed.0
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