Increasing TCP's initial window: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-tcpm-initcwnd-00 Use at your own risk, but if you were somehow able to download this, it means that it works for you :) -Frank. Index: tcp_input.c =================================================================== RCS file: /var3/mirrors/cvs/openbsd/cvs/src/sys/netinet/tcp_input.c,v retrieving revision 1.239 diff -u tcp_input.c --- tcp_input.c 29 Sep 2010 19:42:11 -0000 1.239 +++ tcp_input.c 28 Nov 2010 09:26:17 -0000 @@ -3138,7 +3138,7 @@ } } else if (tcp_do_rfc3390) { /* increase initial window */ - tp->snd_cwnd = ulmin(4 * mss, ulmax(2 * mss, 4380)); + tp->snd_cwnd = 10 * mss; } else tp->snd_cwnd = mss;