Registry Settings and Speed.net Recommendations

[Nomad]

Regarding the recommendations at this URl <A HREF="http://www.speedguide.net/Cable_modems/cable_registry.shtmlHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\
System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VXD\MSTCP\Parameters" TARGET=_blank>http://www.speedguide.net/Cable_modems/cable_registry.shtmlHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\
System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VXD\MSTCP\Parameters</A>
SackOpts="1" (string var, recommended setting is 1. Possible settings are 0 - No Sack options or 1 - Sack Option enabled)
MaxDupAcks="3" (DWORD decimal var, taking integer values from 2 to N. Recommended setting is 3)

I had an happend across an artical at another site that also made simular recommendations with an exceptin to this paticular setting. <A HREF="http://www.psc.edu/networking/perf_tune.html#Win98

I" TARGET=_blank>http://www.psc.edu/networking/perf_tune.html#Win98

I</A> checked this myself at http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/3/07.ASP and found that the original Win 98 Resource Guide was in error. My search was centered around "SackOpts" with-out the quote marks. I discovered the correct entry point for the value "SackOpts" is "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\MSTCP" and not "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\MSTCP\Parameters". This is how it reads - Page 626: Technical Notes on TCP/IP
Book Online: Technical Notes on TCP/IP

Windows 98 supports selective acknowledgements as documented by Request for Comment (RFC) 2018. The registry key
for the SackOpts string value reads:


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\MSTCP\Parameters

This should read:


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\MSTCP