yes....it is something called slow start....part of RFC: http://www.google.com/search?q=tcp+slow+start&btnG=Google+Search first 10 URLs gave very good overview.. On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 6:36 PM, somebody nodoby <despista000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I think it hasn't reached the mailing list > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: somebody nodoby <despista000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 2:04 AM > Subject: slow start triggered if recv window full on packet loss? > To: kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Hi > > I'm trying to understand one behaviour of TCP I cannot explain > > analyzing some traces, I find that when there is a fast-retransmit and > during > that period the receive window is filled, when the sender receives a window > update and resumes the sending activity, it resumes using slow start, or > that is what it looks like: > > http://sites.google.com/site/despista000/index-html (tcptrace plot) > > does my description matches the behaviour shown in the plot? > > comments appreciated > > Thanks > > > > -- Regards, Peter Teoh -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
