Re: ipw2200 and tcp tweaks

On Thu, 23 Nov 2006, Maxim Yegorushkin wrote:

> Is it a good idea to enable the following tcp options when using ipw2200 driver?
>
> # echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_frto
> # echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_low_latency
>
> man tcp(7)
>
> tcp_frto (Boolean; default: disabled)
>         Enables F-RTO, an enhanced recovery algorithm for  TCP  retrans-
>         mission  timeouts.   It  is  particularly beneficial in wireless
>         environments where packet loss is typically due to random  radio
>         interference rather than intermediate router congestion.
>
> tcp_low_latency (Boolean; default: disabled)
>         If  enabled,  the  TCP  stack  makes decisions that prefer lower
>         latency as opposed to higher throughput.  It this option is dis-
>         abled,  then  higher  throughput is preferred.  An example of an
>         application where this default should  be  changed  would  be  a
>         Beowulf compute cluster.

I've been waiting for someone to answer this for a week now- nobody's
got any idea?!

	-Kenny

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