diff --git a/src/engine/qcommon/net_chan.cpp b/src/engine/qcommon/net_chan.cpp
index 76a86be705..1eef5cc3dd 100644
--- a/src/engine/qcommon/net_chan.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/qcommon/net_chan.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ to the new value before sending out any replies.
 
 */
 
-static const int MAX_PACKETLEN = 1400; // max size of a network packet
+static const int MAX_PACKETLEN = 265000; // max size of a network packet
 
 static const int FRAGMENT_SIZE = ( MAX_PACKETLEN - 100 );
 
diff --git a/src/engine/qcommon/qcommon.h b/src/engine/qcommon/qcommon.h
index e8df255767..97a5a87f7e 100644
--- a/src/engine/qcommon/qcommon.h
+++ b/src/engine/qcommon/qcommon.h
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ void       NET_LeaveMulticast6();
 void       NET_Sleep( int msec );
 
 //----(SA)  increased for larger submodel entity counts
-#define MAX_MSGLEN           32768 // max length of a message, which may
+#define MAX_MSGLEN           262144 // max length of a message, which may
 //#define   MAX_MSGLEN              16384       // max length of a message, which may
 // be fragmented into multiple packets
 #define MAX_DOWNLOAD_WINDOW  8 // max of eight download frames