From: Stef Coene <stef.coene@docum.org>
To: lartc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [LARTC] TCP Rate Control
Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 17:06:49 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-lartc-105302080402003@msgid-missing> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <marc-lartc-105291155220508@msgid-missing>
On Thursday 15 May 2003 01:06, Jose Luis Domingo Lopez wrote:
> On Wednesday, 14 May 2003, at 22:09:58 +0200,
>
> Stef Coene wrote:
> > But what exactly do you mean with tcp based rate control?
>
> I suppose he means the way products like PacketShaper (from Packeteer)
> work: instead of using queues to limit traffic, the use waht they call
> "TCP rate control". It consists of modifiying TCP "packets" on the fly,
> transparently, adapting TCP window sizes, shortly delaying ACKs, and so
> on, so the sender and receiver "agree" to send traffic at a lower
> (configured) rate.
You mean something like the gred or red qdisc.
But I wonder if it will be a big different between "TCP rate contorl" and
plain old shaping.
> Seems to be a patented "idea" in the USA, but I remember someone on this
> list talked not long ago about he waaas implementing something like this
> for Linux, from outside the USA. Check the archives for the message:
> Subject: Re: [LARTC] How far can TC go?
> From: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
> Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 11:08:30 +0100
>
> Hope it helps.
ok.
Stef
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Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-05-14 11:36 [LARTC] TCP Rate Control Varun Varma
2003-05-14 18:00 ` Stef Coene
2003-05-14 19:59 ` Brandis Jaroslav
2003-05-14 20:09 ` Stef Coene
2003-05-14 23:06 ` Jose Luis Domingo Lopez
2003-05-15 17:06 ` Stef Coene [this message]
2003-05-15 17:53 ` Stef Coene
2003-05-15 17:53 ` Varun Varma
2003-05-15 18:34 ` Varun Varma
2003-05-15 19:15 ` Stef Coene
2003-05-15 19:45 ` Stef Coene
2003-05-15 21:11 ` Varun Varma
2003-05-16 9:20 ` Stef Coene
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