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Re: Linux TCP/IP wedges talking to DG AViiON
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Cox)
Thu Jun 6 06:27:46 1996
From: Alan Cox <alan@cymru.net>
To: ktk@bih.harvard.edu (Kris Karas)
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 09:44:21 +0100 (BST)
Cc: mike@toaster.roan.co.uk, linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <31B60FD2.4FB43A07@bih.harvard.edu> from "Kris Karas" at Jun 5, 96 06:53:06 pm
> Additionally, I can see it causing performance problems sending packets
> over a slow serial link, if an entire 1K+ byte packet gets sent just for
> the purpose of the few new bytes made available when the window opens
> up. Alan confirmed my suggestion of hacking somewhere around
A slow link getting a full window is very rare. A fast link getting a full
window is very common especially with weaker ethernet cards.
Alan
