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Date:      Wed, 21 Apr 1999 22:03:40 -0700
From:      David Greenman <dg@root.com>
To:        Alex Rousskov <rousskov@ircache.net>
Cc:        freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: _Some_ acks delayed for 200 msec? 
Message-ID:  <199904220503.WAA16761@implode.root.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 21 Apr 1999 21:05:15 MDT." <Pine.SGI.4.10.9904211955350.6184-100000@Meta-Bug> 

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>Now, if that is the infamous delayed ack problem, then
>	- why only *some* acks are delayed?

   Probably because of timing of the response packets. It's impossible to
say with your limited, one-sided tcpdump.

>	- why Nagle-like optimization is used on a switched (no routing)
>	  network?

   The Nagle algorithm doesn't know or care about "local" networks.

>	- why disabling Nagle (TCP_NODELAY) does not help?

   It will likely have to be disabled on both sides for your application since
there appears to be a syncronous request/response involved.

-DG

David Greenman
Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project - http://www.freebsd.org
Creator of high-performance Internet servers - http://www.terasolutions.com


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