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Sephiroth · 24-01-2016, 09:04

I've never understood the concept of downstream buffer bloat. The data arriving is passed straight to the destination device.

Maybe something to do with e.g. A 200 meg circuit but a 100 meg link to the device - there would be some buffering if the arrival rate is 200 meg but then in TCP, semaphores between destination & source would start/stop data flow. Something like that.

24-01-2016, 09:04	#17
Sephiroth Wisdom & truth Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: RG41 Services: RG41: 1Gig VOLT Rutland: Gigaclear 400/400 Posts: 12,928	Re: Bufferbloat - is it bad? I've never understood the concept of downstream buffer bloat. The data arriving is passed straight to the destination device. Maybe something to do with e.g. A 200 meg circuit but a 100 meg link to the device - there would be some buffering if the arrival rate is 200 meg but then in TCP, semaphores between destination & source would start/stop data flow. Something like that. __________________ *Seph.* My advice is at your risk.