On Wed, 7 Jul 2004, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > I do not argue with that the correct thing to do is to use window scaling > and find/fix the poor sop's stuck behind busted networks. > > But: isn't it better to have just one sysctl parameter set (tcp_rmem) > and set the window scale as needed rather than increasing the already > bewildering array of dials and knobs? I can't see why it would be advantageous > to set a window scale of 7 if the largest possible window ever offered > is limited to a smaller value? I personally agree with this. One can imagine cases where it would be useful to have a control on window scale, but the added complexity is probably not worth it. -John - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
