Re: Question

From: Bernd Petrovitsch
Date: Thu Dec 15 2005 - 04:13:24 EST


On Wed, 2005-12-14 at 18:42 -0500, nramirez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
[...]
> I want to implement a congestion control algorithm for an Ad-hoc wireless
> network. It means i will make some modifications to TCP and therefore in
> the transport layer.
> Do i need to modify the Kernel to do my implementation? or there are some

Yes.

> kernel modules i can modify as for the case of implementing a routing
> protocol in the network layer? If both are possible what could be the

No. You can compile the TCP/IP stack as module for easier
loading/unloading but that's all.

> advantage or disadvantage of each? Where can i get more information?

BTW almost rotuing protocols don't need changes in TCP/IP - they simple
use it as is and configure routes from the outside (of the kernel).

Bernd
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