Faster launch

[faddat]

Updates to docs and config

Description

eplaces #257

Related Issue

#252
#194

Motivation and Context

A few small changes aimed at reliablity improvements.

How Has This Been Tested

Network config mirrors recommendations from @ncying.

Types of changes

• Docs change / refactoring / dependency upgrade
• Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to change)

Checklist

• My code follows the code style of this project.
• My change requires a change to the documentation.
• I have updated the documentation accordingly.
• I have added tests to cover my changes.
• All new and existing tests passed.