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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
-
-
- [End of Readme]