AD> Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2003 00:51:51 -0500 (EST) AD> From: Andrew Dorsett AD> On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Majdi S. Abbas wrote: AD> AD> > On the other hand, if you have the need for this kind of AD> > single stream performance, and the pipe to yourself, why AD> > not devise your own protocol with less overhead? AD> AD> Because then you'll violate the rules of the contest. :) AD> AD> http://lsr.internet2.edu Hmmmm. Looks like someone could use _really_ big buffers and insane SACK. Knowing the pipe isn't being shared with other traffic, one can "tune" backoff and slow-start without worry about being cooperative... Yeah, it's still TCP. A sprint car with 250 deg @ 0.050" lift camshaft, 5.13:1 rear gears, and different left/right tire sizes is still a car. Both are about as useful in the real world. IOW, it's fun, but the focus is too narrow and certain parameters are totally incompatible with production requirements. I'd like to see a contest that attempts to maximize throughput _and_ simultaneous session count using a random mix of simulated client pipe sizes. Eddy -- Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - EverQuick Internet Division Bandwidth, consulting, e-commerce, hosting, and network building Phone: +1 (785) 865-5885 Lawrence and [inter]national Phone: +1 (316) 794-8922 Wichita ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 11:23:58 +0000 (GMT) From: A Trap <blacklist@brics.com> To: blacklist@brics.com Subject: Please ignore this portion of my mail signature. These last few lines are a trap for address-harvesting spambots. Do NOT send mail to <blacklist@brics.com>, or you are likely to be blocked.