Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 08:51:00 -0400 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: mag@intron.ac Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to Quicken TCP Re-transmission? Message-ID: <4471B3B4.30908@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <20060522115722.15918F1590@smtp.263.net> References: <20060522115722.15918F1590@smtp.263.net>
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mag@intron.ac wrote: > Hi, > I want to transmit data between host A and host B. The link between > these two hosts is really bad: PING reports 30% packet loss and about > 60 ms return delay. OK. > This means if timed out for 1 second, the data must have been lost. Well, no, that's not necessarily the case. It's possible for traffic to get delayed (perhaps a router is sending some traffic the wrong way, causing a loop or non-ideal path) for longer. Try turning on the SACK TCP option... -- -Chuck
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