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Appendix M TCP Accelerator Installation Procedure
M.1. About TCP Accelerator
TCP Accelerator (also known as TCP PEP) is a free software which has been tested and proven to
improve the performance of TCP applications over the FleetBroadband network. TCP Accelerator
boosts the upload speed of all TCP traffic by up to 300% (depending on file size), with an average
increase across all applications of 40% - 80%.
TCP Accelerator is of particular benefit to activities which send short bursts of data over the network,
such as Internet browsing and email.
The adjustments made by TCP Accelerator include:
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Modifying TCP window settings by changing the window size to allow a larger amount of data
to be carried at any point in time over the network.
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Optimising the MTU size for the FleetBroadband network
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Negating TCP slow start behaviour, further deteriorated by the round trip time between the
terminal, satellite and ground segment.
M.2. Installing and configuring TCP Accelerator
M.2.1 Minimum system requirements
The following are the mandatory hardware and software requirements for successful installation of TCP
Accelerator on your computer:
Hardware requirements
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Intel Pentium IV, or equivalent.
256 MB RAM.
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20 MB hard disc space.
Software requirements
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Windows XP/Vista/7 32bit installed on your computer.
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NOTE: Windows XP/Vista/7 64bit is not supported
Appendix M TCP Accelerator Installation Procedure
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