From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265356AbUGGTiH (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Jul 2004 15:38:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265361AbUGGTiH (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Jul 2004 15:38:07 -0400 Received: from outpost.ds9a.nl ([213.244.168.210]:6370 "EHLO outpost.ds9a.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265356AbUGGTiD (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Jul 2004 15:38:03 -0400 Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 21:38:02 +0200 From: bert hubert To: Jamie Lokier Cc: Stephen Hemminger , "David S. Miller" , netdev@oss.sgi.com, linux-net@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix tcp_default_win_scale. Message-ID: <20040707193802.GA8117@outpost.ds9a.nl> Mail-Followup-To: bert hubert , Jamie Lokier , Stephen Hemminger , "David S. Miller" , netdev@oss.sgi.com, linux-net@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20040701140406.62dfbc2a.davem@redhat.com> <20040702013225.GA24707@conectiva.com.br> <20040706093503.GA8147@outpost.ds9a.nl> <20040706114741.1bf98bbe@dell_ss3.pdx.osdl.net> <20040706194034.GA11021@mail.shareable.org> <20040706131235.10b5afa8.davem@redhat.com> <20040706224453.GA6694@outpost.ds9a.nl> <20040706154907.422a6b73.davem@redhat.com> <20040707110653.7c49bef1@dell_ss3.pdx.osdl.net> <20040707193125.GA17266@mail.shareable.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040707193125.GA17266@mail.shareable.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 08:31:25PM +0100, Jamie Lokier wrote: > So why do we set a larger window scale than necessary? > Is it to support (a)? It might be useful to shake out the bugs of the internet - so far I have indications that at least on residential ADSL router is responsible, it removes wscale when doing TCP portforwarding. If and when we decide to do larger rmem than now, we might have a better chance. Regards, bert -- http://www.PowerDNS.com Open source, database driven DNS Software http://lartc.org Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control HOWTO