[ntp:questions] Detecting bufferbloat via ntp?
Terje Mathisen
"terje.mathisen at tmsw.no" at ntp.org
Wed Feb 16 18:00:21 UTC 2011
Rob wrote:
> It is unfortunate that this incompetence now apparently affects the
> operation of the internet for everyone (although I have not recognized
> any adverse effects in daily use myself).
>
> On the network I manage myself, I always set a reasonable TCP window
> instead of the OS vendor default. Better a slight cap on the performance
> of a single session, than a congestion collapse of the network as a
> whole...
>
> (on amateur packet radio we used a TCP window of 864 bytes :-)
I've been a ham since 1978 (la8nw), but never got into packet radio. :-(
Terje
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