TCP uses what is called the window size. I'm not exactly sure what the technical details are, but large windows is a feature that allows for larger amounts of data to be transfered. The problem is that some types of data can not be transfered when this extention is used, so it must be nagotiated for different connections. -- It's not one damn thing after another, it's the same damn thing over and over. (History repeats itself) Joseph C. Lininger jbahm at pcdesk.net Verification: 5eab38a77ac40416e075be8f50607ff7 And so it came to pass that on Wed, 20 Jul 2005, Sean McMahon said > What is large window support? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joseph C. Lininger" <jbahm at pcdesk.net> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 8:59 AM > Subject: Re: network speed question > > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> I do not profess to be an expert, but there are a lot of parameters that >> effect the transfer speed of tcp/ip and also of ethernet. For example, >> look at things like MTU, and large window support. I'd be interested to >> know if making the settings mimic as closely as possible would make the >> transfer speeds similar. >> >> - -- >> It's not one damn thing after another, it's the same damn thing over and >> over. (History repeats itself) >> Joseph C. Lininger >> jbahm at pcdesk.net >> Verification: 5eab38a77ac40416e075be8f50607ff7 >> >> And so it came to pass that on Wed, 20 Jul 2005, Lorenzo Taylor said >> >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>> Hash: SHA1 >>> >>> Hmm. I could try a switch to see if it works. But that still doesn't >> explain >>> why the transfer was so much faster when using XP on the laptop side >> than when I >>> am using Linux on both computers. >>> >>> Lorenzo >>> - -- >>> - -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- >>> Version: 3.12 >>> GCS d- s:+ a- C+++ UL++++ P+ L+++ E- W++ N o K- w--- >>> O M V- PS+++ PE Y+ PGP++ t++ 5+ X+ R tv-- b++ DI-- D+ >>> G e* h---- r+++ y+++ >>> - ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >>> Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) >>> >>> iD8DBQFC3my8G9IpekrhBfIRAjsLAJ4ihqyavIkKPXLOturxHQUO2y639QCgmJQS >>> 5aEfJ9BehO043ZhawKnPBJs= >>> =IXcw >>> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Speakup mailing list >>> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >>> >> >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: PGP 8.0.3 >> >> iQA/AwUBQt504Senap9Jqj2wEQLROwCgzgMK7DxuhNsUfPNvFU5MfsaOSkYAoLNX >> ykjXLHjIZhYbnxTzx9W2htoG >> =ydZe >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
