Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 00:14:17 +0200 From: "Christopher Martin at Home" <chrism@keyworld.net> To: "Jim Shankland" <jas@flyingfox.com>, <Anthony.Barlow@europe.simoco.com>, <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG>, <freebsd@plinet.com> Subject: Re: Bandwidth limiter for services? Message-ID: <199804062211.AAA31376@mail.keyworld.net>
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> I'm sure Dennis will be heard from, and will bring his customary > diplomatic balm to bear on this matter, but: note that this is > no different from what happens when packets leave your 10- or > 100-Megabit-connected workstation and are routed over a T-1 or slower > WAN line. TCP already deals with this, using slow start, congestion > avoidance, etc. to deduce the amount of bandwidth actually available > to it, and throttle itself back accordingly. Your notion that > a bandwidth limiter like ET's will cause increased retransmissions > is unfounded. > > Jim Shankland > Flying Fox Computer Systems, Inc. How about setting throttles on the hosts from the start in order to avoid interim congestion prior to the normal TCP cutback... Do anyone of you live in places where a T1 costs USD 500,000 per annum? -- Christopher Martin BDM -KeyWORLD http://www.keyworld.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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