From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jul 1 9: 0:38 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BF7F37B400; Mon, 1 Jul 2002 09:00:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bran.mc.mpls.visi.com (bran.mc.mpls.visi.com [208.42.156.103]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FEC443E1D; Mon, 1 Jul 2002 09:00:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hawkeyd@visi.com) Received: from sheol.localdomain (hawkeyd-fw.dsl.visi.com [208.42.101.193]) by bran.mc.mpls.visi.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE6B14A00; Mon, 1 Jul 2002 11:00:32 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from hawkeyd@localhost) by sheol.localdomain (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g61G0RW06589; Mon, 1 Jul 2002 11:00:27 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from hawkeyd) Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 11:00:27 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <200207011600.g61G0RW06589@sheol.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: knews 1.0b.1 Reply-To: hawkeyd@visi.com Organization: if (!FIFO) if (!LIFO) break; References: <5.1.0.14.2.20020629235459.031daf28_mail.Go2France.com@ns.sol.net> <3D1EB35C.70F64275_FreeBSD.org@ns.sol.net> In-Reply-To: <3D1EB35C.70F64275_FreeBSD.org@ns.sol.net> From: hawkeyd@visi.com (D J Hawkey Jr) Subject: Re: ftp and mail much slower into fbsd 4.4 vs and old BSDi X-Original-Newsgroups: sol.lists.freebsd.hackers To: DougB@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In article <3D1EB35C.70F64275_FreeBSD.org@ns.sol.net>, DougB@FreeBSD.ORG writes: > Len Conrad wrote: >> >> Sorry, hackers, I posted this twice in -questions and got no response. >> >> If the problem is newreno, can somebody say how to up just that piece for >> 4.4 so as to be as non-disruptive, non-dice-rolling as possible on this >> otherwise solid machine? > > You can turn off newreno with the sysctl. I put this in /etc/sysctl.conf > on my machines: > > net.inet.tcp.newreno=0 Could you explain what newreno is, in a nutshell, the upshots of using it, and what the ramifications of turning it off are? I'm running FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE-p7, and it's on by default. Thanks, Dave -- Windows: "Where do you want to go today?" Linux: "Where do you want to go tomorrow?" FreeBSD: "Are you guys coming, or what?" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message