Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 1 Mar 2003 17:25:00 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 1 Mar 2003 17:25:00 -0500 Received: from ns.indranet.co.nz ([210.54.239.210]:2535 "EHLO mail.acheron.indranet.co.nz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 1 Mar 2003 17:24:58 -0500 Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2003 11:35:29 +1300 From: Andrew McGregor To: Stephen Corey , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Kernel tuning for high latency satellite link?? Message-ID: <132088132.1046604929@[192.168.0.1]> In-Reply-To: <000001c2e00b$71bb7d50$0301a8c0@corey> References: <000001c2e00b$71bb7d50$0301a8c0@corey> X-Mailer: Mulberry/3.0.0 (Win32) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 973 Lines: 27 It should do OK by default, but you might want to read RFC 3150 for some ideas for things to do to help. Andrew --On Saturday, 1 March 2003 10:58 a.m. -0500 Stephen Corey wrote: > Do I need to tune the linux kernel (2.4.18-3) for high latency > connections? I'm installing a linux box on a satellite link (~800 ms > roundtrip latency). Will the kernel *automatically* change anything > based on latency, to hurt my throughput performance?? > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/