Don't you think, that the client is filling up it's buffer, and the after it's full just stream what it has played ?
André aarboard ag internet - networks - screen&print design - multimedia Egliweg 10 - Postfach 214 - CH-2560 Nidau (Switzerland) Phone +41 32 332 9714 - Fax +41 32 332 9715 www.aarboard.ch - [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 25.06.2004 13:43:04 >>> Hi, I have an Apache2 server that streams video to a VLC client. I have used NeTraMet to capture the traffic and used this data to draw the traffic profile. There is no other traffic on the test-bed (except for RIP). This profile shows a peak of about 3MB at the very beginning. After that, the streamed data is fairly constant at 200KB. Periodically (every 30 seconds), the TCP connection window size gets smaller, resulting in troughs in the profile. I am finding this behaviour particularly difficult to understand. I was thinking that the RIP updates might cause the window to decrease, but I'm not sure. It seems fairly severe that RIP would cause this behaviour. So I am trying to explain this phenomena - does the Apache server require this extraordinary amount in order to initially set up a connection? And is there some process where it will reduce the window size at regular intervals, maybe by buffering the data (which could result in the window being reduced)? Thanks for any help, Jesse __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com