Re: network nicety

Chris Wedgwood (chris@cybernet.co.nz)
Fri, 9 Oct 1998 18:36:48 +1300


On Thu, Oct 08, 1998 at 01:56:55PM -0400, Andrew Kohlsmith wrote:

> Um... doesn't TOS bit tweaking help this?

Only if the party or parties who are seeing a persistent backlog know
about TOS.

Since this is usually the terminal server at the other end, and as
far as I know, most don't prioritize packets by TOS (but probably
most will in a year or two).

-cw

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