actually... depending on exactly what the client is acking... it more likely means the 
client failed to see one packet.. and every time is get a new (higher seqence) packet 
is acks the 'highest sequence' it at seen so far...

for example

server send 1
client acks 1
server sends 2
client doesn't get it so client does nothing
server sends 3
client receives 3, but can only ack 1, as it has not yet seen 2
server sends 4
client receives 4, but can only ack 1, as it has not yet seen 2
server RESENDS 2
client acks 4

>From the original description, it sounds like the server might have an excessively 
>long retransmit timer.

 - jim


On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 11:19:40 -0700 (PDT)
"Todd A. Jacobs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Fri, 5 Sep 2003, Eric Robinson wrote:
> 
> > I'll get you the trace file later today. From memory, I believe the last
> > ACKed packet was about 732 bytes in size, with most of the previous ones
> > being 1432 bytes. After this packet is ACKed, the server keeps sending
> > more data in mostly 1432-byte packets, while the client keeps ACKing the
> > same old packet.
> 
> This indicates that the client is not seeing later packets, for whatever 
> reason. I'd put a tap on the client's Ethernet cable, to find out if the 
> client is in fact receiving the packets on the media. If so, then it's a 
> software problem: Blame Redmond (tm).
> 
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