[ntp:questions] Detecting bufferbloat via ntp?

David Woolley david at ex.djwhome.demon.invalid
Wed Feb 16 22:30:07 UTC 2011


Danny Mayer wrote:

> It would be more useful to discuss what happens with UDP flows since
> that is what NTP uses.

UDP tends to rely on TCP dominating the traffic, so that there is 
something that does respond to congestion control mechanisms.  TCP tends 
to be sacrificed in favour of UDP.




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