The maximum you can expect is: Rate < (MSS/RTT)*(1 / sqrt(p)) where p is the probability of packet loss.
Credit: Mathis, Semke, Mahdavi & Ott in Computer Communication Review, 27 (3), July 1997, titled The macroscopic behavior of the TCP congestion avoidance algorithm. ( http://www.infoblox.com/community/blog/tcp-performance-and-mathis-equation ) Joe From: Luan Nguyen <luan20...@gmail.com> To: nanog@nanog.org Date: 07/11/2013 10:06 AM Subject: File transfer speed between Hong Kong and Johannesburg, South Africa Hello folks, Does anyone know what's the average speed for windows file transferring (SMB2) between Hong Kong and Johannesburg? Any guide on how to calculate/estimate this? Thanks. Regards, -Luan
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