kernel optimization for long distance download??

[Ori Berger]

Shachar Shemesh wrote:

> Short answer - run a sniffer on both downloads.
>
> Longer answer - there are some tricks you can do, some of them 
> "legal", others violating the TCP/IP standard, in order to handle high 
> latency links better. They might be referring to those.
>
> Conclusion - run a sniffer :-)
As someone who is interested in this subject, but does not have access 
to a slow-vs-fast connection to sniff on, I would appreciate a 
description of the dirty tricks, "legal" or not.

Thanks,

Ori