Bem, há alguns conselhos sobre buffers de placas de rede que indicam que é melhor, geralmente:
Set the receive buffers on the Network Interface Card on the Web server to a maximum. This reduces the number of dropped packets and reduces TCP retransmissions. You can set this parameter by going to Start | Settings | Control Panel | Network and Dial Up Connections. Select the active LAN Connection typically called Local Area Connection. Right click to select Properties. Click on the Configure button next to the Network Interface Card. Set the receive buffers to the maximum value 1024.
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You may be wondering about the trade-offs in doing the above. The trade-off is that the operating system will need to allocate more memory for NIC receive buffers and user ports.