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Subject: Re: Slow start -- Linux vs. NT -- it's time to acknowledge the problem!
To: jessica@twu.net (Jessica Blank)
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 15:36:31 +0000 (GMT)
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> http://www.sun.com/sun-on-net/performance/tcp.slowstart.html

This URL has no bearing or relation to the things you seem to be
reporting. There are hundreds of possible and more likely reason (load
on that ethernet segment, half/full duplex, 10/100Mbit settings) or even
incorrect irq configuration that are rather more plausible

It can also be highly card dependant how a box behaves on an overloaded lan
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