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"OT Advanced Tuner" ReadMe file
Sustainable Softworks
May 13, 1997
Introduction
The "OT Advanced Tuner" is a simple control panel like application
that allows you to optimize TCP/IP network performance under
Macintosh Open Transport by tuning internal TCP/IP parameters
to match your network environment. The Tuner supports over 30
adjustable parameters including the TCP Window Size, Time Out
intervals, Maximum Segment Size, and MTU.
You can save your settings in OT Advanced Tuner settings
documents and invoke them each time you startup by placing
the corresponding document in your Startup Items folder.
As currently implemented, the OT Advanced Tuner is best
suited for configurations where TCP/IP is permanently
loaded since there is no automatic way to remember custom
settings when TCP/IP is unloaded (TCP should not be set to
"load only when needed" as commonly used for dial-up
connections).
System requirements:
MacOS 7.5.3 and Open Transport 1.1.1 or later
Installation and Use
To install the application, simply copy it to your hard
drive. Click on the question mark in the lower left corner of
the tuner window for basic operating instructions.
For more information on how TCP/IP works and TCP tuning parameters,
may I suggest : "TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1" by W. Richard Stevens;
and "Tips for TCP/IP monitoring and tuning to make your network sing",
by Adrian Cockcroft. Notice Solaris networking is very similar to Open
Transport since it is also based on Mentat Portable Streams and Mentat/TCP.
OT Advanced Tuner "settings documents" are text files you can easily edit.
The OTTCPSlowLinkTuneup file included as an example performs the same
function as the "OTTCPSlowLinkTuneup" patch that was distributed a while
back. Any parameters not in the file are set to their default values.
Additional user information is available from my web page at
<http://www.sustworks.com>.
Registration and Licensing
OT Advanced Tuner is commercial software subject to the
terms of the accompanying License Agreement. You may use a
trial version of the software during a single trial period
of up to 21 days. You must then register the software if
you wish to continue using it beyond the trial period.
Notice the trial is designed to expire after 21 days. If the
software reports it has expired, this usually means someone ran
a previous version of the program on your computer. Please
contact me directly for information on how to reset the
trial period.
Once you have downloaded the application, there are 3 basic
ways to register:
(1) Register on-line by pressing "WWW Registration Page"
in the About Box for the OT Advanced Tuner Application.
You need to have a web browser running (Netscape Navigator
or MS Explorer) and a valid credit card number.
(2) Use the supplied Register application to fill-in a Kagi
registration form. Follow the instructions on the form to
email, fax, or postal mail your registration to Kagi. Most
common forms of payment are acceptable including personal
checks.
(3) For site license registrations, I can fax your company a
proforma invoice. Please contact me directly at
<mailto:psichel@sustworks.com> .
In each case, a program registration code that unlocks the
demo startup screen and expiration will be sent to you by
email once your payment is received.
Pricing
Single User License $25
Site License $1000
I hope you find these tools useful and look forward to your
comments and suggestions.
- Peter Sichel
Sustainable Softworks
134 Winthrop Street
Medway, MA 02053 USA
psichel@sustworks.com
http://www.sustworks.com
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