DSCP ECN bits

Mon Apr 18 21:54:34 UTC 2005

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Hi Christian,

The ECN capable transport (ECT) bit would need to be set by the data
sender to indicate that the end-points of the transport protocol are
ECN-capable. The intermediate routers will need to honor these bits as well.

Fore more information, checkout, http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2481.html

regards,
/vicky

christian.macnevin at uk.bnpparibas.com wrote:
| Hi,
|
| Is anyone using the DSCP ECN bits to any great extent? Does it require
| end-host support in the stack to actually work?
|
| Cheers,
| Christian
|
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