From owner-freebsd-net Sun May 30 22:25:57 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from labinfo.iet.unipi.it (labinfo.iet.unipi.it [131.114.9.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 853A914D9B for ; Sun, 30 May 1999 22:25:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it) Received: from localhost (luigi@localhost) by labinfo.iet.unipi.it (8.6.5/8.6.5) id FAA18044; Mon, 31 May 1999 05:00:18 +0200 From: Luigi Rizzo Message-Id: <199905310300.FAA18044@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Subject: Re: Linux and Solaris tcp beating FreeBSD 4:1 To: dgilbert@velocet.ca (David Gilbert) Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 05:00:18 +0200 (MET DST) Cc: dgilbert@velocet.ca, wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <14161.65132.912907.525115@trooper.velocet.ca> from "David Gilbert" at May 30, 99 11:13:29 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1074 Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Luigi> If you have access to both sides of the adsl link, i think you > Luigi> might more effectively implement link-level retransmits (i am > Luigi> not sure, but it might be that ppp already does this). > > Luigi> It could be a relatively simple project to implement within a > Luigi> FreeBSD-based router or bridge > > Unfortunately, I don't have access to the link layer. The routers are > ascend --- but I do have control of both ends. so you can still do the job -- just put two FBSD bridges next to the ethernet port of the ascend's and let them implement the local retransmit. cheers luigi -----------------------------------+------------------------------------- Luigi RIZZO, luigi@iet.unipi.it . Dip. di Ing. dell'Informazione http://www.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/ . Universita` di Pisa TEL/FAX: +39-050-568.533/522 . via Diotisalvi 2, 56126 PISA (Italy) http://www.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/ngc99/ ==== First International Workshop on Networked Group Communication ==== -----------------------------------+------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message