Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 05:00:18 +0200 (MET DST) From: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> To: dgilbert@velocet.ca (David Gilbert) Cc: dgilbert@velocet.ca, wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux and Solaris tcp beating FreeBSD 4:1 Message-ID: <199905310300.FAA18044@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> In-Reply-To: <14161.65132.912907.525115@trooper.velocet.ca> from "David Gilbert" at May 30, 99 11:13:29 pm
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> 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
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