Buffers and TCPWindowsize...WAS: PTP latency

From: Christopher Wolff (no email)
Date: Tue Oct 02 2001 - 00:24:11 EDT


Dear list,

Thank you for all the great responses regarding the PTP latency issue. This was very thorough information that will help me make a decision.

A related, yet somewhat separate issue that I would like some advice on is what kind of circumstances would cause a tcp congestion window to be reduced over a WAN connection, assuming that the servers on both sides are not busy (or even barely utilized). Assuming that a 1472 byte packet could pass freely from WAN point A to WAN point B without being defragmented, it has been suggested to me that somehow windowing is playing a role in poor throughput.

I understand the role that windowing plays in tcp/ip, I guess what I'm wondering is how that packet could get 'squeezed' as it passes through a WAN.

Thank you,
Christopher








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