> I noticed some weird behavior last night. I was dialed into the
> office from home. I was uploading some files via ftp. The modem send
> light started off blinking rapidly (basically flickering) indicating
> high traffic. Then it suddenly backed off, maybe sending about 1
> packet/second. It stayed like this for maybe 30-60 seconds & then
> sped up again, but not to as fast as it was initially. Final
> throughput was a little on the low side.
Congratulations. You just discovered the slow start TCP algorithm. Please
read RFC2001 for more information.
-Andi
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