[4099] in linux-net channel archive
Re: TCP way too slow across Atlantic links
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Olaf Titz)
Mon Aug 19 08:45:05 1996
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From: Olaf Titz <olaf@bigred.inka.de>
Date: 19 Aug 1996 11:21:08 +0200
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Thomas Koenig <ig25@mvmampc66.ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de> wrote:
> With the newer kernels (last one 2.0.13), it's getting almost impossible
> to send mail across the Atlantic, which is around 15% - 30% packet loss
> (via ping) from here. These mails just sit in the queue forever until
See my posts in linux.dev.kernel concerning "stalling network
connections". I still vote for implementing something along the lines
of Rizzo's bandwidth estimator, although this doesn't help much for
slow links. (120 sec. maximum timeout... argh.)
olaf
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