Messages in this thread | | | From | allbery@kf8nh ... | Date | Sun, 8 Aug 1999 19:12:51 -0400 (EDT) | Subject | Re: IPSEC transport mode w/2.2.x kernels and large packets |
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On 7 Aug, kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru wrote: +----- | > to handle amateur radio links. Some of these folks got 40% throughput | > increases when TCP SACK went in, thats how grotty the links are. | | I believe. But do not understand. Seems, AX.25 is reliable protocol, is not it? | Then fragments are delivered reliably and you can only win of the fact, +--->8
Nope --- typically AX.25 UI frames are used for TCP/IP; it's up to the TCP layer to do error detection, retries, etc.
And being a radio protocol it is about as *un*reliable as you can get :)
-- brandon s. allbery os/2,linux,solaris,perl allbery@kf8nh.apk.net system administrator kthkrb,heimdal,gnome,rt allbery@ece.cmu.edu carnegie mellon / electrical and computer engineering kf8nh We are Linux. Resistance is an indication that you missed the point.
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