Re: [81attendees] sucky Delta hotel network (and bufferbloat)

[Keith Moore <[e-mail]>]

On Aug 1, 2011, at 5:44 PM, John C Klensin wrote:

> --On Monday, August 01, 2011 16:58 -0400 Jim Gettys
> <[e-mail]> wrote:
> 
>> ...
>>  Would that someone
>> would write up that configuration and publish it as a BCP: it
>> would at least help other conferences and enterprises to do
>> much better, while we sort out the home router mess which
>> needs other AQM algorithms, as yet untested.
> 
> Looking on the bright side, we have an important window of
> opportunity here.  Most of those el-cheapo home routers/beacons
> are going to need forklift upgrades to run IPv6.  If, as Jim
> suggests, we agree on what it takes to get things right and can
> get the word out soon, we might just see a generation of
> IPv6-capable devices with competent buffer and congestion
> management.

It might help even more if someone wanted to take on the task of writing a document called "Recommendations for Buffer and Congestion Management in Consumer-Grade Routers"

(omit "Consumer-Grade" if appropriate)

Keith