Messages in this thread |  | | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: real kernel bloat | Date | Thu, 27 Jun 1996 18:27:56 +0100 (BST) |
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> than perfect. Consider it a hunch. The only data I have to back > this assumption is that when 'ping' indicates packet dropout of > about 20% or more, Linux' tcp/ip performance becomes untolerable. > Even old (at least 10 years old) Sun4/SunOS 4.1.1 box seems > to outperform Linux under these circumstances.
When ping says 20% packet dropout you should be firing the network manager or whoever refused to buy better links ;) 2.0 should be better than 1.2, but above about 10% the error correction scheme used by a TCP (ack frames) really breaks down badly.
Alan
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