Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!scea!greg_labrec@interactive.sony.com From: "Wayne K. Werner" Newsgroups: scea.yaroze.freetalk Subject: Audio breakup in the auditorium Date: 30 Aug 1997 15:43:25 GMT Organization: WermX Software Lines: 51 Message-ID: <01bcb55b$48b98360$6cbf43ce@wkwerner> NNTP-Posting-Host: port08.con2.com X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1161 Are you using W95 and are experiencing audio breakup? Well, the problem may not be with your ISP or modem speed but with W95 internet defaults instead! MS ships W95 with default values for two very important internet parameters set up for those using LANs to get access. I don't know about you, but I use a modem! These values are the MTU (Max Transfer Unit) size and receive window size. MS defaults to 1500 bytes for MTU and 8KB for the rwin. These values severly hamper internet access thru a modem. The "natural" size of an internet MTU is 576 bytes. 40 bytes of this packet is header info, leaving 536 for data. The rwin should be a multiple of 536. I have attached two .reg files that can be used to add the keys to the registry that will fix this problem. They set MTU to 576 and rwin to 4 * 536. Just double click on these files to merge them into the registry. As always, when messing with the registry, save user.dat and system.dat (the two reg files) before doing this. Everyone I know who has done this procedure, has done so without mishap, but better safe than sorry! You will be astounded at how much faster your downloads are, with no changes in ISP or modem speed. I have been using these settings for a month or so now, and I have been experiencing great audio quality in the auditorium. I do get some breakup, but mostly I get clear, coherent audio. Trust MS to cripple the home user in favor of the corporate user, and then not even give any info or direct access to a method for changing these values. One caveat... DO NOT use these .reg files in Win NT!!! Speak to you at the next auditorium presentation! -- Wayne K. Werner wkwerner@con2.com begin 600 mtu_edit.reg M4D5'141)5#0-"@T*#0H-"EM(2T597TQ/0T%,7TU!0TA)3D5<4WES=&5M7$-U M