Re: TCP/PPP bug 2.3.5?

Nate Riffe (inkblot@geocities.com)
Sun, 6 Jun 1999 08:56:13 -0500 (CDT)


On Sun, 6 Jun 1999, Matti Aarnio wrote:

> On Sun, Jun 06, 1999 at 08:37:03AM -0500, Nate Riffe wrote:
> ....
> > filled to capacity and stays there until the transfer is complete. I
> > think this is a network stack problem and not a hardware problem because
> > ping -f gets 0% packet loss (one run lost 10 packets out of 60,000). This
> > only happens with bulk transfer, interactive sessions are perfectly fine.
>
> "ping -f" uses small frames, try using LARGE frames like
> bulk TCP datastream does.
>
> ping -f -s 1480 dest.host
>
> what happens ?
>
> Very likely you have hardware problems at the cabeling,
> or at the network switch.

No, I tried that two. The packet loss is still 0%.

>
> > -Nate
> > Nate Riffe Duct tape by any other name is just as
> > inkblot@geocities.com sticky.
>
> /Matti Aarnio <matti.aarnio@sonera.fi>
>

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Nate Riffe Duct tape by any other name is just as
inkblot@geocities.com sticky.

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