Re: TCP Stalls

Felix von Leitner (leitner@math.fu-berlin.de)
Tue, 8 Sep 1998 23:36:47 +0200

> Searching the net I have found several references to TCP stalls in
> Linux, especially when using PPP. So far this problem does not seem to
> have been solved, it is usually dismissed as noise and occasional
> losses over the link.

The same happens with PPP over ISDN, too, so line noise is not a viable
explanation anyway. This was rather some kind of first-shot thing IMHO.

> It appears the TCP congestion control in 2.1.120 is broken. A full
> description
> and the results are at:
> http://www1c.btwebworld.com/hiperlan/m3a/technology/tcpstalls.html

Great! Let's get this fixed ASAP.

Felix

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