[gPXE] any negative implications of setting TCP window size to(65536 - 4) ?

[H. Peter Anvin]

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