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|    Re: How do "they" Speed-test Internet Li    |
|    09 Sep 25 13:53:00    |
      XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11       From: address@is.invalid              Carlos,              >> Yes, understood, Rudy, don't start sending second Block until reception       >> of first block acknowledged.       >       > Hum. Maybe not. I did not study TCP in that detail, but older protocols       > would send a number of blocks, say 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 and start receiving the       > ACKs after number 3. The receiver says OK to number 1, fail number 2, Ok       > number 3... so after a while, out of sequence, the sender repeats number       > 2, just after sending number 6.              You are correct, it still does that. But its not a good idea to try to       explain higher math to someone who doesn't (yet) know how additions work.              Regards,       Rudy Wieser              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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