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smp_86112
Cirrostratus
Nov 04, 2008Maximum Segment Size
I've got an HTTP Virtual Server fronting a web server, which fronts a back-end application server. Clients connecting to the HTTP virtual server advertise a MSS of 1380. The LTM advertises a MSS of 14...
dennypayne
Employee
Nov 04, 2008Enabling Nagle's algorithm should do this: Nagle's attempts to limit the number of small segments on a network by buffering data until it receives the previous ACK.
That being said, I have also seen Nagle's add noticeable latency to an application precisely because it is delaying sending data. According to the Wikipedia article on Nagle's (Click here) it sometimes interacts badly with Delayed ACKs. I have not tried disabling those with Nagle's enabled though.
Also, I would create a new profile and leave the built-in tcp one at the default settings.
Denny
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