Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!hpda!hpcupt1!hpindwa!raj From: raj@hpindwa.cup.hp.com (Rick Jones) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.sys.cisco Subject: Re: SLIP problems using cisco MSM Message-ID: <54680002@hpindwa.cup.hp.com> Date: 11 Oct 90 16:58:16 GMT References: <27782@boulder.Colorado.EDU> Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Cupertino CA Lines: 12 By all means get VJ congestion control and avoidance running on all your systems. Between Slow-start and the improved timers, most of those retransmissions should dissapear completely. I have personally seen reductions of 90+% - mileage varies of course... rick jones ___ _ ___ |__) /_\ | Richard Anders Jones | MPE/XL Networking Engineer | \_/ \_/ Hewlett-Packard Co. | raj@hpindio.cup.hp.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Being an employee of a Standards Company, all Standard Disclaimers Apply