Neil Putnam writes: > chandu valesh wrote: > > Hi James Carlson & all, > > > > James Carlson writes: > > > Yes; the IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_NODELAY socket option can be used to change > >> the way TCP deals with small writes from the application. > > Are there any other parameters that will control/affect the Nagles > > algorithm apart form TCP_NODELAY? i.e > > The TCP ndd parameter tcp_naglim_def.
However, you can't depend on that to keep your transmissions separate, and it's a system-wide hack (not a per-application control). TCP is still free to combine segments whenever it wants. > loss occurs. Better to have the app write data in larger chunks, if > possible. Or, since the original poster is using Diameter, switch to SCTP. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677 _______________________________________________ networking-discuss mailing list [email protected]
