Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!HARVARD.HARVARD.EDU!walsh From: walsh@HARVARD.HARVARD.EDU.UUCP Newsgroups: mod.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: 4.2/4.3 TCP and long RTTs Message-ID: <8612081728.AA28584@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Mon, 8-Dec-86 08:35:40 EST Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8612081728.AA28584 Posted: Mon Dec 8 08:35:40 1986 Date-Received: Mon, 8-Dec-86 19:23:41 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 6 Approved: tcp-ip@sri-nic.arpa By having a maximum RTT of 2+ minutes, your RDP connection will stay open at times when the Berkeley UNIX system will arbitrarily close the connection after 30 seconds (rather than just informing the application about the problem). You are also seeing the benefits of EACKs. bob