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Date:      Wed, 17 Jul 2002 18:57:55 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com>
To:        Matt Dillon <dillon@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, <cvs-all@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/netinet tcp_timer.h
Message-ID:  <20020717185653.C82638-100000@patrocles.silby.com>
In-Reply-To: <200207172332.g6HNW4YV091765@freefall.freebsd.org>

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On Wed, 17 Jul 2002, Matt Dillon wrote:

> dillon      2002/07/17 16:32:04 PDT
>
>   Modified files:
>     sys/netinet          tcp_timer.h
>   Log:
>   I don't know how the minimum retransmit timeout managed to get set to
>   one second but it badly breaks throughput on networks with minor packet
>   loss.
>
>   Complaints by: at least two people tracked down to this.
>   MFC after:      3 days
>
>   Revision  Changes    Path
>   1.20      +7 -1      src/sys/netinet/tcp_timer.h

1 second is an accepted minimum for retransmit timeouts.  Please back this
out, and go find out why fast retransmits aren't handling minor packet
loss.

Mike "Silby" Silbersack


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