Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: network traffic doesn't balence well on recent kernels | | Date | Sun, 6 Jun 1999 22:58:18 +0100 (BST) | | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> Can anyone think of a way that the kernels changed in the last few months > that would make "link hogging" worse? In the meantime, I'll try some of > Alan's suggestions and report any changes.
SACK for one. The selective ack recovery means that if the fast flowing tcp stream takes a hit from the stream it is starving being lucky it doesnt back off much it just swallows the effect and continues succesfully wiping out the competition
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