* Andi Kleen | 2006-09-19 12:03:51 [+0200]: >How about a single auto selection heuristic: e.g. check the handshake >latencies >and if they are too long switch from reno to the newer one deemed most >stable?
Thats absolute no practicable solution to discover the 'right' algorithm. The latenzy is only one piece in the puzzle the determine the optimal congestion control algorithm and completely inadequate. You must also discover the bandwith and other factors to make a decision. And this is nearly impossible and object of actual research. Through due to the heterogeneity of the net it is often not possible the select the right one. To select a "general purpose algorithm" here is the better choice. BTW: BIC is sometimes to aggressive in comparison to standard tcp behaviour (e.g. in short RTT environments) - this is an known issue. Why not cubic as the default one? >-Andi HGN -- "You need the computing power of a Pentium, 16 MB RAM and 1 GB Harddisk to run Win95. It took the computing power of 3 Commodore 64 to fly to the Moon. Something is wrong here, and it wasn't the Apollo." - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
