In message <[email protected]>, [email protected] writes:
>
> Microsoft has it's transmit window/buffer fixed at around 10Kbytes,
> but can have its receive window go upto 65Kbytes. So the 109Kbps
> limitation is only if the Microsoft TCP/IP stack is sending the data
> (typically when made to act as a server). If the Solaris TCP is used
> as server (socket sending the data) and either a Solaris TCP or
> Microsoft TCP is receiving the data we have observed throughputs close
> to 65535 x 8/0.6s = 870Kbps. Solaris TCP/IP stack is able to open both
> the transmit window/buffer and receive window/buffer upto 65535 bytes.
>
> So the maximum achievable throughputs will look like the following:
>
> Transmit_TCP_stack Maximum Throughput
> Microsoft TCP: approx. 109Kbps
> Solaris TCP approx. 870Kbps
>
> FTP uses TCP, so the throughputs are same as shown above. All the TCP
> measurements we did were using FTP.
>
> Ravi
Get the Solaris 2.5 patches that add RFC1323 support and the
limitation goes away.
Curtis
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