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Re: wanted: wireless magic tricks


From: "Christopher A. Woodfield" <rekoil () semihuman com>
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 13:39:51 -0400


What you'll need to correct that is a way to increase the TCP window size 
of the hosts, thus reducing the time spent waiting for ACKs to be 
returned. 

-C

Catch is, the bw x delay product will kill you on these links if you run TCP
sessions and you won't get anywhere near line rate.  There's a company in 
Boulder which used to make a widget for high speed data transfer across sat 
link exactly for this purpose.  Can't remember the name, should be able to 
find them easily though if they're still in business as it has been a few years
since I last touched this stuff...

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Sr. Architect, Engineering & Architecture, BellSouth.net, Atlanta, GA, U.S.
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