IP header compression and software compression

[Black6spdZ]

I have been searching for answers about these two settings in network setup but have not found any explanation or benchmarks showing the positive or negative effects on throughput.. has anyone done their own tests?

[johnchan78]

I have been searching for answers about these two settings in network setup but have not found any explanation or benchmarks showing the positive or negative effects on throughput.. has anyone done their own tests?

Would be interested to know to.

Theoretically this has to boost performance, since cellular bandwidth is relatively limited, so compression should be able to put more data through the pipe.

However, cellular networks also have high packet loss, and also have limited CPU power to do the compression, so I'm actually thinking if this has an adverse/negative effect in real-world performance?!:confused:

[DanQ]

I remember a while ago, that on the AT&T settings they used to have the IP header compression box checked. I never noticed any difference having it checked or not, but then I realized that AT&T don't compress anymore.

So, I guess the feature was useful more on the EDGE network and when they started with 3G was better not to use it (just a thought). If anyone has more useful information about this will be good to know what difference does it make.