Re: 2.1.90 network layer again not responsive

Jeffrey B. Siegal (jbs@quiotix.com)
Fri, 20 Mar 1998 21:12:59 -0800

>Actually you arent supposed to delay the initial ack to <mss sized frame
>because you may otherwise delay the other end quite materially as it will
>be doing Nagle at the time.

Is that really true?

Isn't one of the benefits of delayed ack that the acks get sent back with the
character echo (or other display update) for interactive sessions?

Maybe acks for short (<mss) frames should be delayed _less_ than long (=mss)
frames.

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