Abstract: A method for improving performance of networking applications which receive network data from a computer network and which are executable on any one of a plurality of data processing means. The proposed method comprises the steps of establishing a data transfer connection between a first data processing means of the plurality of data processing means and the computer network; sending data on said data transfer connection by means of a given networking application of a plurality of networking applications, said given networking application running on a second data processing means of the plurality of data processing means; determining a quality measure of said data transfer connection from the sent data; and moving the given networking application to the first data processing means if the quality measure meets a predefined criterion.