Re: initial congestion window

2001-04-19 Thread Andrei Gurtov
it tends to cause an immediate loss on the first window of data > >> because of the overload at the switch or the receiver. > >> > >>cheers > >>luigi > >> > >> > > >> > Hi folks, > >> > > >> > A

Re: initial congestion window

2001-04-18 Thread Jonathan Lemon
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: >-=-=-=-=-=- > >Jonathan Lemon wrote: >> Actually, you could argue that both should be changed to >> 2-3 segments, see http://www.aciri.org/floyd/tcp_init_win.html > >To play with this setting, does this (in /etc/sysctl.conf) do the trick? Or >does anything

Re: initial congestion window

2001-04-18 Thread Lars Eggert
Jonathan Lemon wrote: > Actually, you could argue that both should be changed to > 2-3 segments, see http://www.aciri.org/floyd/tcp_init_win.html To play with this setting, does this (in /etc/sysctl.conf) do the trick? Or does anything else need to be changed? net.inet.tcp.slowstart_flightsize=2

Re: initial congestion window

2001-04-18 Thread Jonathan Lemon
one, in many nets including a 100/10 switch, or slow receivers, >> it tends to cause an immediate loss on the first window of data >> because of the overload at the switch or the receiver. >> >> cheers >> luigi >> >> > >> > Hi folks, &g

Re: initial congestion window

2001-04-18 Thread Andrei Gurtov
gt; Hi folks, > > > > At the last IETF meeting there were some debates around FreeBSD using a > > 16-KB initial congestion window in TCP when destination IP address is from > > the local subnet. Does anybody remember when it was introduced into the > > code and what k

Re: initial congestion window

2001-04-17 Thread Luigi Rizzo
sing a > 16-KB initial congestion window in TCP when destination IP address is from > the local subnet. Does anybody remember when it was introduced into the > code and what kind of ideas were behind? > > Some reasons were given why it may not be a good idea: > > -the benefit of

initial congestion window

2001-04-17 Thread Andrei Gurtov
Hi folks, At the last IETF meeting there were some debates around FreeBSD using a 16-KB initial congestion window in TCP when destination IP address is from the local subnet. Does anybody remember when it was introduced into the code and what kind of ideas were behind? Some reasons were given