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2 years ago we were discussing a few of the direct advantages of this in a comment here http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1143317 http://news.ycombinator.com/
by necro 15y ago
2 years ago we were discussing a few of the direct advantages of this in a comment here http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1143317 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1143317 including tcp_slow_start_after_idle which also interacts with icwnd.
Also it's much easier as of late to get the benefit from a larger initial cwnd. Back then you needed to recompile the kernel with source tweaks, now you just use a backport or depending on your distro version you already have the benefit as kernel 2.6.39 has the change... http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_39 http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_39
- youngtaff 15y agoIf you need it IW10 can now be implemented on Windows Server 2008 R2 see - http://www.andysnotebook.com/2011/11/increasing-the-tcp-initial-congestion-window-on-windows-2008-server-r2.html http://www.andysnotebook.com/2011/11/increasing-the-tcp-init... Jim Gettys article "IW10 Considered Harmful" is worth a read too - http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-gettys-iw10-considered-harmful-00 http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-gettys-iw10-considered-harm...