BCONFIGURING ADVANCED
PACE OPTIONS
This appendix describes how to use advanced PACE options
to configure operational settings and additional ranges
and protocols of applications for which you have enabled
PACE support.
Advanced PACE options allow you to change ranges, add
protocols, and define operational settings that regulate
network traffic for PACE-supported applications running
on your PC. When you install a new application on your
PC that you want to have supported by PACE, use the
advanced PACE options to configure the new application
for PACE support. Refer to the user guide that came with
the PACE-supported application for specific range and
protocol information.
Operational Settings
The following operational settings can be modified to
regulate PACE traffic on the network.
FIFO Packet Threshold
This setting controls the number of non-PACE packets
that the network driver allows in the FIFO buffer, ahead of
PACE packets. A smaller number decreases the time between
PACE packets, but it can also decrease performance. The
recommended setting is 3.
Concurrent UDP Streams
This setting controls the number of simultaneous multimedia
UDP packet streams that the network driver can handle at
any given time. For many applications, the number of UDP
streams is the same as the number of connections.
For example, a videoconference with three people at three
different sites uses three concurrent UDP streams for the
video data. The concurrent UDP streams setting must be a
power of 2 (2, 4, 8, 16, and so forth), but the optimal
setting varies depending on your PC and the application
that you are running.