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From: jbvb@FTP.COM (James B. Van Bokkelen)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: Re: TELNET slow through bridge.
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Date: 25 Mar 91 14:14:32 GMT
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One difficult tradeoff when deciding which packet to drop is which end
of the TCP window to start from.  Most VJ TCPs seem to react badly when
you drop the more recent packets first, so since v2.04 we drop the older
ones.  This can interact badly with some TCP retransmit algorithms, but
they're in the minority.  In any case, reducing the PC's TCP window
to 2048 or 1024 bytes should help.

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