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Re: Problems with TCP + netem packet loss simulation

To: Elvis Pfützenreuter <epx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Problems with TCP + netem packet loss simulation
From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:28:34 -0800
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On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 21:15:23 -0200
Elvis Pfützenreuter <epx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am experiencing a strange problem when I try to simulate a lossy channel 
> with netem scheduler module. Whatever the packet loss %, all TCP connections 
> eventually stall. 

Netem might be buggy, try doing lots of pings and see if the rate you
expected is correct.  The scaling of percent to u32 is probably the issue.


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