Re: TCP congestion

[Stephen Wilcox <steve.wilcox () packetrade com>]

On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 10:54:56PM +0200, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:
> On 12-jul-2007, at 22:27, Philip Lavine wrote:
>
> > I just don't understand how if there is 1 segment that gets lost  
> > how this could translate to such a catastrophic long period of slow- 
> > start. How can I minimize the impact of  the inevitable segment  
> > loss/out of order over a WAN. Is QoS the only option?
>
> Also note that minimal amounts of cell loss on ATM create huge  
> amounts of packet loss at the IP layer.

from the phrases used ('catastrophic') my feeling is that perhaps Philip isnt understanding that on a high speed TCP 
transfer a single missing bit of data can cause the whole thing to stop and restart transmission from slow

Steve