[ntp:questions] Detecting bufferbloat via ntp?

Miroslav Lichvar mlichvar at redhat.com
Mon Feb 14 11:01:56 UTC 2011


On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 08:44:46AM +0000, Rob wrote:
> When the users would set their TCP window to a reasonable value, the
> bufferbloat problem would not exist!
> When the TCP window is correct for the delay*bandwidth product of a
> TCP session, there are no packets piling up in buffers halfway, as
> there is a continous stream of just enough data.

How do you control the delay? Do you communicate only with servers
located on a circle around you and only with one at a time? What
about the other computers sharing the same internet connection?

I think you'll get much better results with a large window and traffic
shaping configured properly.

-- 
Miroslav Lichvar



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