From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun May 17 23:09:03 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA13901 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sun, 17 May 1998 23:09:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from labinfo.iet.unipi.it (labinfo.iet.unipi.it [131.114.9.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id XAA13821 for ; Sun, 17 May 1998 23:08:43 -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 GAA06547; Mon, 18 May 1998 06:24:47 +0200 From: Luigi Rizzo Message-Id: <199805180424.GAA06547@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Subject: Re: bad behaviour in slow start To: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams) Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 06:24:47 +0200 (MET DST) Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, pantzer@ludd.luth.se, dg@root.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199805172027.OAA21873@mt.sri.com> from "Nate Williams" at May 17, 98 02:26:45 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > > The problem is that you can't detect if the other computer is a local peer > > > or not, there may be routers in the path to it even if the netmask tells > > > you that it is on the same subnet. It isn't even true on the ethernet > > > level any more, switches create the same problems as a router. > > > > It sounds as if you need a mechanism for marking interfaces as > > local or non-local. > > Too much domain-specific information. It may be local or non-local, > depending on what network is hooked up. (Think networks that do > fail-over to different media.) Even in the "local" case, the network being fast or slow does make a difference. Blasting a full window at startup on a 28.8/33.6 ppp link is not advisable. cheers luigi -----------------------------+-------------------------------------- Luigi Rizzo | Dip. di Ingegneria dell'Informazione email: luigi@iet.unipi.it | Universita' di Pisa tel: +39-50-568533 | via Diotisalvi 2, 56126 PISA (Italy) fax: +39-50-568522 | http://www.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/ _____________________________|______________________________________ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message