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| author | Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> | 2004-04-26 02:31:03 -0700 |
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| committer | Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> | 2004-04-26 02:31:03 -0700 |
| commit | d6bb1a59ebc0aa47dad29155152ac1eba10d2fca (patch) | |
| tree | 91db3211e52f0476c847ef2be973704930a837c0 /Documentation | |
| parent | 3dcad070088554e0452117c783029bbfaf5a21d5 (diff) | |
| download | history-d6bb1a59ebc0aa47dad29155152ac1eba10d2fca.tar.gz | |
[TCP]: Add vegas sysctl docs.
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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt index 6fd189917396ea..f09a04800fa303 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt @@ -307,6 +307,15 @@ tcp_westwood - BOOLEAN wired networks and throughput over wireless links. Default: 0 +tcp_vegas_cong_avoid - BOOLEAN + Enable TCP Vegas congestion avoidance algorithm. + TCP Vegas is a sender-side only change to TCP that anticipates + the onset of congestion by estimating the bandwidth. TCP Vegas + adjusts the sending rate by modifying the congestion + window. TCP Vegas should provide less packet loss, but it is + not as aggressive as TCP Reno. + Default:0 + ip_local_port_range - 2 INTEGERS Defines the local port range that is used by TCP and UDP to choose the local port. The first number is the first, the |