Re: [tcpm] Increasing the Initial Window - Notes

Lars Eggert <lars.eggert@nokia.com> Thu, 11 November 2010 10:45 UTC

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Subject: Re: [tcpm] Increasing the Initial Window - Notes
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On 2010-11-11, at 18:28, Michael Welzl wrote:
> Why not make this something that could be enabled on a per-socket basis? I mean, I can decide whether my socket does Nagle or not, why not let the programmer decide where in the range from 4 to 10 the IW should be, with a socket option or something?

It will be REALLY hard to explain to folks why they should limit themselves to 10, if we make this a generic socket option.

Lars