Summary

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In this chapter, we investigated a variety of methods to increase the performance of Sockets API applications. The methods could be split into a few different categories, such as Application layer modifications (adjusting socket buffer sizes for the bandwidth delay product), TCP/IP stack configuration, and simple design choices (such as using UDP over TCP when possible). Luckily, the Sockets API provides a variety of choices for optimizing Sockets applications. Most are very simple configurations (such as socket buffer size changes), whereas others require more thought about the effects of the change.

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