Re: Re-inventing TCP (was: newbie check..)

2013-08-30 Thread Wietse Venema
Terry Gilsenan: I have done testing with file transfers using both TCP and UDP, Wietse Would not the same result be achieved by disabling TCP congestion control? I am not implying that doing so is a good idea. Terry Gilsenan: That could have disastrous consequences for the rest of the

Re: Re-inventing TCP (was: newbie check..)

2013-08-30 Thread k...@rice.edu
TCP (was: newbie check..) Am 30.08.2013 19:36, schrieb Terry Gilsenan: The killer on high latency links is the tcp-window and the continual wait for ack. With links above 1000ms this compounded delay reduces the available bandwidth to a very small percentage of the interface speed

RE: Re-inventing TCP (was: newbie check..)

2013-08-30 Thread Terry Gilsenan
-Original Message- From: owner-postfix-us...@postfix.org [mailto:owner-postfix-us...@postfix.org] On Behalf Of Wietse Venema Sent: Saturday, 31 August 2013 2:56 AM To: Postfix users Subject: Re: Re-inventing TCP (was: newbie check..) Terry Gilsenan: I have done testing with file

RE: Re-inventing TCP (was: newbie check..)

2013-08-30 Thread Terry Gilsenan
-Original Message- From: owner-postfix-us...@postfix.org [mailto:owner-postfix-us...@postfix.org] On Behalf Of Robert Sander Sent: Saturday, 31 August 2013 3:47 AM To: postfix-users@postfix.org Subject: Re: Re-inventing TCP (was: newbie check..) Am 30.08.2013 19:36, schrieb Terry

Re: Re-inventing TCP (was: newbie check..)

2013-08-30 Thread Jim Reid
On 30 Aug 2013, at 18:36, Terry Gilsenan terry.gilse...@interoil.com wrote: The killer on high latency links is the tcp-window and the continual wait for ack. With links above 1000ms this compounded delay reduces the available bandwidth to a very small percentage of the interface speed

Re: Re-inventing TCP (was: newbie check..)

2013-08-30 Thread Robert Sander
Am 30.08.2013 19:36, schrieb Terry Gilsenan: The killer on high latency links is the tcp-window and the continual wait for ack. With links above 1000ms this compounded delay reduces the available bandwidth to a very small percentage of the interface speed (eg:256kbps on a 2mbps link).

RE: Re-inventing TCP (was: newbie check..)

2013-08-30 Thread Terry Gilsenan
That could have disastrous consequences for the rest of the traffic on that link. From: Wietse Venemamailto:wie...@porcupine.org Sent: ‎30/‎08/‎2013 10:27 AM To: Postfix usersmailto:postfix-users@postfix.org Subject: Re-inventing TCP (was: newbie check..) Terry