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From: hedrick@TOPAZ.RUTGERS.EDU.UUCP
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Subject: Re:  4.2/4.3 TCP and long RTTs
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Date: Sat, 6-Dec-86 22:20:09 EST
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I suspect that what you are seeing is that fact that Sun TCP (to be
fair, most 4.2 based TCP's) doesn't perform well with bad connections.
A number of sites have replaced Sun's TCP modules with their 4.3
equivalents.  This makes a dramatic difference in dealing with
difficult cases.