If you're going to experiment with this make sure you look at things like MTU as well, those are not always set to the optimal size for your link. If you have a

If you're going to experiment with this make sure you look at things like MTU as well, those are not always set to the optimal size for your link. If you have a high latency link in there somewhere (say you're in the mountains in Colorado and your only way to go online is through a satellite link) then this really starts to matter.