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Apple Broadband Tuner - 1.0

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All Time:	(3.1)
This Version:	(3.1)
Current Version:	1.0
Release Date:	2005-11-28
License:	Update
Downloads (this version):	32,691
Downloads (all versions):	32,691

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Product Description:

The Broadband Tuner allows you to take full advantage of very high speed FiOS based Internet connections that have a high latency. The installer tweaks some system parameters. There is an optional uninstaller that can be used to restore the settings that were in effect at the time just before the system parameters were changed.

The installer increases the default values for the size of the TCP send and receive buffers. With larger buffers more data can be in transit at once. A startup configuration file is also updated so that these changes will persist across restarts.
The system parameters are sysctl variables that are set as follows:
net.inet.tcp.sendspace: 131072
net.inet.tcp.recvspace: 358400
kern.ipc.maxsockbuf: 512000

This change has a system wide effect and is applied even if the network is not high speed connection with a high latency, with the exception of modem connections for which the system uses small default TCP buffer sizes.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.4 or later

Feedback Summary:

This Version:
Overall Rating:	(3.1)	Features:	(3.5)	Support:	(3.4)
Ease of Use:	(4.4)	Quality / Stability:	(3.8)	Price:	(4.6)

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Kernal Panics - Version: 1.0, 7/6/2006 10:32AM PST

(3 of 3 users found this comment useful)

jamsoft

I've attempted to use this since day one, and each time I come back to try it out the installer/uninstaller gives me a kernal panic a few minutes later. I otherwise NEVER get kernal panics. You wouldn't think that such a simple installer would do this, but thats been my experience. Just wanted to give a heads up.

Using a dual 2.5Ghz G5 running Tiger.

I'm currently at Mac OS X 10.4.7, but I've tried to use it with many previous versions as well.

works great - Version: 1.0, 5/19/2006 10:11PM PST

(0 of 1 users found this comment useful)

aidoru1508

with my yahoo adsl is great. first time i can watch tv streaming with no bumps.

Broadband Tuner...How do I uninstall or remove - Version: 1.0, 4/2/2006 05:45PM PST

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danfaust

I installed Broadband Tuner but find no evidence of it anywhere on my Mac. Other postings advise that it has an uninstall program or can be deleted. I ran the install and then rebooted and then still found no evidence of installation. I ran the install again to see if it prompted for a removal option but it installed a second time the same as the first. Since I installed twice will I still be able to regain the original settings that the uninstall is said to set back to the previouis settings before install or will it see the first install settings as the previous of the second and use those as original.