[ntp:questions] Detecting bufferbloat via ntp?

Dave Täht d at taht.net
Wed Feb 9 21:36:42 UTC 2011


John Hasler <jhasler at newsguy.com> writes:

> rick jones writes:
>> The term may be new, but the idea, in its abstract form, has been
>> around for years.
>
> Only recently, however, has memory become cheap enough for people to
> stuff megabytes of buffer into routers without considering the
> consequences.

Also, the dynamic range of internet connections goes from 64k to 10GE 
now, and the exploding growth of lossy wireless links has introduced
new problems not even theoretically accounted for.

> BTW there are queuing algorithms that work well with large buffers.

Few of which appear to be in use.

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Dave Taht
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