On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 12:42:13AM -0400, S Woodside wrote: > > In 802.11, a transmitter has to receive acknowledgement of the last > > packet it sent in about 10 microseconds, or else it will retransmit > > it. An 802.11 radio is typically set to retransmit about 5 times > >before > > it gives up. > > What does this do to the packets that really do need retransmission?
Packets needing retransmission are lost. You will still see a net throughput gain after zeroing the retry count if, previously, your radio made one or more needless retransmissions every time. > My > understanding was that the radios (cisco, etc) that can handle this > situation do it by lengthening the waiting period, instead. They do. Dave -- David Young OJC Technologies [EMAIL PROTECTED] Urbana, IL * (217) 278-3933 -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
