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Awesome visualization! This is embarrassing to admit but I didn't know that on establishing a connection there's 2 distinct stages: "ramp-up" and "full bandwidt

by fizwhiz 12y ago

Awesome visualization! This is embarrassing to admit but I didn't know that on establishing a connection there's 2 distinct stages: "ramp-up" and "full bandwidth". Is this characteristic of every connection post-handshake? Could someone be kind enough to explain what is happening exactly in the video after the handshake?

fjarlq 12y ago
That's the slow start algorithm, part of standard TCP congestion avoidance: http://packetlife.net/blog/2011/jul/5/tcp-slow-start/ http://packetlife.net/blog/2011/jul/5/tcp-slow-start/
- fizwhiz 12y ago
  Thank you, this was really helpful reading material!