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Similar to why TCP over any medium subject to packet loss for reasons other than contention is a bad idea... say random radio noise on wireless. You'll end up
by dedward 16y ago
Similar to why TCP over any medium subject to packet loss for reasons other than contention is a bad idea... say random radio noise on wireless. You'll end up with TCP slowing down to a crawl trying to correct for what it was designed for - contention, when it's really just random loss - so the best move would be to just keep going.
- JoachimSchipper 16y agoDoesn't wifi include retransmission (at the media layer!) for this very reason? (Yes, it's ugly.)
- dfox 16y agoContrast that with wired ethernet that includes retransmission in media layer as a solution to congestion (the retransmission algorithm works only for congestion and other causes of packet loss on wired ethernet ar insignificant).
- JoachimSchipper 16y agoGood point.