Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: Very poor TCP/SACK performance | Date | Thu, 10 Sep 1998 22:06:35 +0100 (BST) |
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> Maybe Linux should reduce the window size if it detects a > lot of out-of-order packets coming in. If the TCP code has > a way of knowing the properties of the connection networking > is done over, it might be able to set these flags itself. > > ie: if(small_buffer_other_side && lots_out_of_order()) size--; > > Networking guys, what about this?
The solution you describe required an additional telepathic link between the two modems so you can tell queue drops from lost frames it also assumes the only bottle neck is the last hop and that the transit path has a low bandwidth*delay product.
Alan
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