Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: TCP Stalls. | Date | Wed, 2 Sep 1998 13:17:31 +0100 (BST) |
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> Oh Alan, but his model IS correct in that respect, considering the > modern internet.
It isnt for all sorts of reasons including the lack of randomness which will cause patterns of failed retransmit
> A nastier hack (violates RFCs, but is less demanding on the internet > links of my provider) is to have TCP send the latest ACK every second > no matter what. This will trigger a fast retransmit after about 3 > seconds instead of after a longer and longer delay.
A simpler solution is to use Linux 2.1.x - SACK is your friend in loss circumstances.
Alan
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