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Re: Full TCP mechanism



>
> From:  gamze tunali <[email protected]>
> To:    [email protected]
> Subject: Full TCP mechanism
> Date:  Thu, 22 Apr 1999 09:10:38 EDT
>
> Hi all,
> 
> We are using NS for couple of weeks and we have some questions at this
> point.
> 
> My questions are:
> 
> 1) When using FullTcp, is it implemented in a way that sending data from
> receiver is possible. It seemed to us that only one is designed as a
> sender, the other
> (receiver) is only ACKing.
> 
> 1) related to Q1, When using FullTcp, is it possible to send ack and
> data together (piggyback) in one packet in the current release? or all
> the ack packets contain only ack info not any data.
> 
> I looked at the source code and some test files and what I saw does not
> give me a clear and consistent answers for my questions..
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Gamze Tunali
> 

it can go both directions; you just need to
tell both sides to be senders
{for example, see the simul-open test in
tcl/test/test-suite-full.tcl}

- K