RE: TIME_WAIT/MSL is 2 seconds--bug/feature?

David Schwartz (davids@webmaster.com)
Wed, 5 Jan 2000 13:44:05 -0800

> The fact that some segment passed all the path in both direction shows
> that the path is clean of old duplicates, so that timewait state
> can be destroyed.

Umm, really? The path could have recently improved and old duplicates may
be stuck in the older, slower path. Or packets could be distributed over
multiple routes with differing delays.

DS

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