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After changing those setting reboot is required for the changes to effect the system. | After changing those setting reboot is required for the changes to effect the system. | ||
= | = Windows XP and 2003 registry settings = | ||
== Registry settings == | |||
Save the following as a .reg file and you can apply the changes by running the file on windows. | |||
= Additional links = | <pre> | ||
[http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc781532(WS.10).aspx Windows Sockets and DNS Registry Parameters] | Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 | ||
[http://support.microsoft.com/kb/235257 Server Does Not Use All Bandwidth Available When Streaming Files with Bit Rates over 100 Kbps] | |||
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\AFD\Parameters] | |||
"DefaultSendWindow"=dword:00100000 | |||
"DefaultReceiveWindow"=dword:00100000 | |||
"FastSendDatagramThreshold"=dword:00004000 | |||
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters] | |||
"Tcp1323Opts"=dword:00000001 | |||
"TcpWindowSize"=dword:00100000 | |||
</pre> | |||
* Tcp1323Opts - allows the scaling of the TCP window above 16k. For more info read [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc938205.aspx Tcp1323Opts] | |||
* "DefaultSendWindow", "DefaultReceiveWindow" and "TcpWindowSize" control TCP window size | |||
* "FastSendDatagramThreshold" - controls fast UDP transmit. | |||
== Additional links == | |||
* [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc781532(WS.10).aspx Windows Sockets and DNS Registry Parameters] | |||
* [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/235257 Server Does Not Use All Bandwidth Available When Streaming Files with Bit Rates over 100 Kbps] | |||
= Starting from Vista = | |||
Starting from Windows Vista the mentioned above setting are not effecting Windows networking stack. | |||
netsh configuration tool should be used to configure the networking settings. | |||
== Disable Windows Scaling heuristics == | |||
Starting from Windows Windows Vista, Windows can disregard user TCP Windows setings. This behavior could be disabled: | |||
netsh int tcp set heuristics wsh=disabled forcews=enabled | |||
The wsh tag is a legacy option and no longer has any effect. The default setting for forcews is enabled, the possible settings are: | |||
disabled: Disable force window scaling on retransmit. | |||
enabled : Enable force window scaling on retransmit. | |||
== TCP Auto-Tuning == | |||
To turn off the default receive window auto tuning behavior: | |||
netsh int tcp set global autotuninglevel=disabled | |||
The default auto-tuning level is "normal", possible settings are: | |||
disabled: uses a fixed value for the tcp receive window. Limits it to 64KB. | |||
highlyrestricted: allows the receive window to grow beyond its default value, very conservatively. | |||
restricted: somewhat restricted growth of the tcp receive window beyond its default value. | |||
normal: default value, allows the receive window to grow to accommodate most conditions. | |||
experimental: allows the receive window to grow to accommodate extreme scenarios (It enables RWIN values of over 16 MB). | |||
== Compound TCP == | |||
To increase the TCP Windows with the faster rate Compound TCP should be enabled. | |||
On Vista and Windows 7, CTCP is off by default. On Windows 2008 it is on. | |||
To enable CTCP: | |||
netsh int tcp set global congestionprovider=ctcp | |||
To disable CTCP: | |||
netsh int tcp set global congestionprovider=none | |||
Latest revision as of 15:48, 1 August 2019
This page describes best practice for configuring Windows TCP\IP related parameters to archive the best performance with Windows guests. Those parameters are unrelated to kvm\VirtIO drivers , rather general Windows settings. After changing those setting reboot is required for the changes to effect the system.
Windows XP and 2003 registry settings
Registry settings
Save the following as a .reg file and you can apply the changes by running the file on windows.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\AFD\Parameters] "DefaultSendWindow"=dword:00100000 "DefaultReceiveWindow"=dword:00100000 "FastSendDatagramThreshold"=dword:00004000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters] "Tcp1323Opts"=dword:00000001 "TcpWindowSize"=dword:00100000
- Tcp1323Opts - allows the scaling of the TCP window above 16k. For more info read Tcp1323Opts
- "DefaultSendWindow", "DefaultReceiveWindow" and "TcpWindowSize" control TCP window size
- "FastSendDatagramThreshold" - controls fast UDP transmit.
Additional links
- Windows Sockets and DNS Registry Parameters
- Server Does Not Use All Bandwidth Available When Streaming Files with Bit Rates over 100 Kbps
Starting from Vista
Starting from Windows Vista the mentioned above setting are not effecting Windows networking stack.
netsh configuration tool should be used to configure the networking settings.
Disable Windows Scaling heuristics
Starting from Windows Windows Vista, Windows can disregard user TCP Windows setings. This behavior could be disabled:
netsh int tcp set heuristics wsh=disabled forcews=enabled
The wsh tag is a legacy option and no longer has any effect. The default setting for forcews is enabled, the possible settings are:
disabled: Disable force window scaling on retransmit. enabled : Enable force window scaling on retransmit.
TCP Auto-Tuning
To turn off the default receive window auto tuning behavior:
netsh int tcp set global autotuninglevel=disabled
The default auto-tuning level is "normal", possible settings are:
disabled: uses a fixed value for the tcp receive window. Limits it to 64KB. highlyrestricted: allows the receive window to grow beyond its default value, very conservatively. restricted: somewhat restricted growth of the tcp receive window beyond its default value. normal: default value, allows the receive window to grow to accommodate most conditions. experimental: allows the receive window to grow to accommodate extreme scenarios (It enables RWIN values of over 16 MB).
Compound TCP
To increase the TCP Windows with the faster rate Compound TCP should be enabled. On Vista and Windows 7, CTCP is off by default. On Windows 2008 it is on.
To enable CTCP:
netsh int tcp set global congestionprovider=ctcp
To disable CTCP:
netsh int tcp set global congestionprovider=none