On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 10:33 AM, Kyle O'Donnell <[email protected]> wrote:
> Does anyone know how to set tcp fast retransmissions?  All of the docs
> I've been reading reference the tcp congestion algos for the sender, but we
> are having a problem with receiving.  When we lose a packet we send one
> retrans, then 3 duplicates (4 total), which triggers the sender to
> immediately retrans, but subsequent loses only sends 1 retrans and 2 dups
> (3 total).  The sender appears to be waiting for that 4th dup to initiate a
> fast retrans.  When it doesn't receive it, it waits, causing big delays.
>
> The following url has a decent description:
>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/534957/how-does-tcp-deal-with-timeouts-with-cwnd
>
> Thanks,
> Kyle

tcp_frto ?

(from man 7 tcp)

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