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Re: Asymmetric Link???
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> From: [email protected] (Harlisya Harun)
> To: [email protected]
> cc: [email protected], [email protected]
> Subject: Asymmetric Link???
> Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 11:48:00 BST
>
> Hi,
> I am a bit confuse about these two terms: Asymmetric and Source Asymmet
ric, for example:
I didn't write this stuff (someone on the ns-users list might be
able to clarify better), but it looks to me like asym means
the TCP source and sink use
special knowledge designed for asym links [in the case of the
receiver this means reacting to ACK congestion],
whereas 'asymsrc' only uses the asym source TCP and instead
uses a conventional TCP receiver [no special handling of ACKs].
- K