I'm the wrong person to ask. I'm not so good at optimizing things--and I'm terrible at sitting down with books and studying them.

If you're really into that, I would start by getting a good foundation in how TCP/IP works. A really good foundation in that, because that's the root of it all. If you understand that, you can figure out where to start looking for troubleshooting. Optimization is a whole 'nother bag of worms.

I am the Doctor, and THIS... is my SPOON!