Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 6 Jun 1999 17:08:58 +0200 (CEST) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: TCP/PPP bug 2.3.5? |
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On Sun, 6 Jun 1999, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Besides, when tcpdump doesn't show retransmits while > > the TCP stack is overflowing with queued data, I don't > > see what cabling's got to do with it... > > Read the TCP RFC's about congestion control. TCP interprets packet > loss as probable congestion so slows down
Then what protocol you suggest I use to connect to the internet? The TCP implementation as in 2.2/2.3 is just useless when I need to send over a larger amount of data.
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