RE: Ping (Source Quench)

2001-01-15 Thread RCL
SOURCE QUENCH: The Source Quench message is used when IP needs to perform congestion control. An intermediate router or the destination host unsually sends an ICMP Source Quench message for every datagram that it has to drop. The source, on receiving the Source Quench message, loweres the rate

RE: Ping (Source Quench)

2001-01-15 Thread Howard C. Berkowitz
RFC 1812, "Requirements for IPv4 Routers," deprecates use of source quench. While you will see it on some exams and should know the definition, source quench is not used as a congestion management approach in modern networks. >SOURCE QUENCH: > >The Source Quench message is used when IP needs

RE: Ping (Source Quench)

2001-01-15 Thread Priscilla Oppenheimer
Macintoshes send source quench when you repeatedly ping them. I've never seen any router send it. I think routers phased out source quench many years ago. Macs are the only end nodes I have seen use it. They have to be different, you know! &;-) Priscilla > >SOURCE QUENCH: > > > >The Source Q

Re: Ping (Source Quench)

2001-01-15 Thread Control Program
On Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 09:55:06AM -0800, Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote: > Macintoshes send source quench when you repeatedly ping them. I've never > seen any router send it. I think routers phased out source quench many > years ago. Just to provide another viewpoint, I occasionally notice router