Question about propagation and queuing delays

Mon Aug 22 16:30:13 UTC 2005

Tony Finch wrote:

>TCP performs much better if queueing delays are short, because that
>means it gets feedback from packet drops more promptly, and its RTT
>measurements are more accurate so the retransmission timeout doesn't get
>artificially inflated.
>  
>

Sure, but sending speculative duplicate ack's if you're competing 
seriously of transit bandwidth works even better...
Not sure how to set the evil bit on the packets though...

Pete