[gPXE] any negative implications of setting TCP window size to(65536 - 4) ?
H. Peter Anvin
hpa at zytor.com
Fri Feb 19 16:12:07 EST 2010
On 02/19/2010 01:02 PM, Glenn Brown wrote:
> The Ethernet spec. prohibits "significant" levels our out-of-order
> delivery, so out-of-order packets are not likely to be the problem
> within Reni's Ethernet LAN.
On the other hand, there are real-world configurations (usually
involving trunked paths) where packets arrive in 1 0 3 2 5 4 order
regularly...
> It sounds to me like Reni's network has <16K buffering at the
> 1gbit->100mbit transition.
However, it shouldn't kill performance that drastically you'd think...
maybe I'm wrong.
-hpa
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