Re: TCP Parameters

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Wed, 22 Apr 1998 20:13:45 +0100 (BST)


> i would need to set TCP parameters for various interface and thay would my
> different on each interface...
> Is there a way to do that?
> I know that route and ifconfig can set some of these params, but i would
> like to set others such as maxwait, retries etc

You can't do that.

There is a per route irtt, window, mss which is useful for lossy paths and
things like amateur radio.

TCP configuration is set to the recommended values in the RFC's and to logical
values for other fields.

A program itself gets to choose how long it waits for a connect (using alarm
etc), if it wants keepalives and to an extend the window.

Alan

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