Re: TCP/PPP bug 2.3.5?

Rik van Riel (riel@nl.linux.org)
Sun, 6 Jun 1999 17:08:58 +0200 (CEST)


On Sun, 6 Jun 1999, Alan Cox wrote:

> > Besides, when tcpdump doesn't show retransmits while
> > the TCP stack is overflowing with queued data, I don't
> > see what cabling's got to do with it...
>
> Read the TCP RFC's about congestion control. TCP interprets packet
> loss as probable congestion so slows down

Then what protocol you suggest I use to connect to the
internet? The TCP implementation as in 2.2/2.3 is just
useless when I need to send over a larger amount of data.

Rik -- Open Source: you deserve to be in control of your data.
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