Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1999-23,: Re: TCP/PPP bug 2.3.5?

# Re: TCP/PPP bug 2.3.5?

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sun, 6 Jun 1999 16:13:41 +0100 (BST)

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> Then what protocol you suggest I use to connect to the
> internet? The TCP implementation as in 2.2/2.3 is just
> useless when I need to send over a larger amount of data.

People use TCP. It works very well except in high loss situations or
in the presence of link problems. So far nobody has found anything better.

Fix your link problems

Alan

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