# Experimenting with UDP based protocols **URL:** \ **Category:** Node Operators\ **Tags:** help-wanted, storagenode\ **Created:** [February 2, 2021, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/experimenting-with-udp-based-protocols/11545 "2021-02-02T18:59:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 42
**Author:** ![SGC](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/sgc/32/1132_2.png) [@SGC](https://forum.storj.io/u/SGC)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/experimenting-with-udp-based-protocols/11545/42 "2021-05-02T13:17:00Z")
made this because i found most of the pieces of how to set it all up a bit scattered all over the place. > [@UDP QUIC configuration guide for linux / docker](https://forum.storj.io/t/udp-quic-configuration-guide-for-linux-docker/13580): > > How to test if your Quic UDP network configuration is correctly. [http://storjnet.info/ping\_my\_node](http://storjnet.info/ping_my_node) Run the following command on the host to change network protocol settings. makes it persistent across reboots echo "net.core.rmem\_max=2500000" \>\> /etc/sysctl.conf sysctl -w net.core.rmem\_max=2500000 changes the udp buffer size without reboot and can be used together You will also need to forward ports in your router, but i will not touch on that since that part will be unique to most users. … --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.storj.io/t/experimenting-with-udp-based-protocols/11545)._