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Alan Cox wrote:
> > The rule of thumb seems to be that with more than about 10..25% packet
> > loss, TCP just doesn't work very well (or not at all, if you want to send
> > big files). IMHO, selective reject would increase that number somewhat.
>
> Ask a mathematician. Certainly at 40% loss tcp becomes a bit of a joke.

Our terminal server went into a mode where it dropped 70% of the
packets. I was able to login to another machine and ping a faraway
host to verify that is was the terminal server and not something else.

In THIS case 70% packetloss was not enough to prevent a connection
getting established and used. rtt's of 280 ms: a 14k4 modem.

Roger.


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