>>>>> "Sandip" == Sandip Bhattacharya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Sandip> On 12/12/02 19:48 +0530, Gollum thus spake:
>> i have an internet connection. now when all that i am doing is
>> downloading. uploading nothing. yet i have
>>
>> 29 thousand something send packets 27 thousand received
>>
>> what does this mean. how could i be sending more data than
>> receiving. When all i am doing is basically downloading an
>> album over ftp.
>>
>> wierd man
Sandip> No. Need not be weird. What would be weird is when the
Sandip> byte upload and byte download sizes are the same. In TCP,
Sandip> every packet needs to be acknowledged from the other side
Sandip> otherwise it would get re-transmitted. So what you have
Sandip> might just be normal.
Well, AFAIR you can ACK multiple packets in a single response. Once
you ACK packet 7 after packet 4, it's understood that you are ACK'ing
packets 5, 6 and 7. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Regards,
-- Raju
Sandip> [snip]
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