Re: TCP/PPP bug 2.3.5?

Rik van Riel (riel@nl.linux.org)
Sun, 6 Jun 1999 20:16:22 +0200 (CEST)

On Sun, 6 Jun 1999, Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH wrote:
> In message <Pine.LNX.4.03.9906061805440.534-100000@mirkwood.nl.linux.org>, Rik
> van Riel writes:
> | On Sun, 6 Jun 1999, Alan Cox wrote:
> | > > Then why is packet loss only happening to _outgoing_ connections?
> | >
> | > Well for one you will find that people use different wires in each directio
> | n
> |
> | The telephone system uses one pair of wires for both directions
> | of traffic.
>
> For load balancing or because of provider throughput problems in
> one direction, some ISPs send outgoing traffic via some particular
> set of providers or provider connections.

If this is the case, it is:
- something out of my control
- something a lot of other people will be bothered with
(I've already seen 5 "me too" posts on the list)
- hence, something we want to work around in the kernel

cheers,

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