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   vallor to R.Wieser   
   Re: How do "they" Speed-test Internet Li   
   10 Sep 25 01:00:57   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: vallor@cultnix.org   
      
   On Tue, 9 Sep 2025 13:53:00 +0200, "R.Wieser"  wrote   
   in <109p7tq$106v8$2@dont-email.me>:   
      
   > 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   
      
   When I first learned about TCP/IP, I read text files ftp'ed from   
   the net.   
      
   I still have them, one of them being:   
      
   https://vallor.earth/ip/tcp-ip-intro.txt   
      
                                  RUTGERS   
                     The State University of New Jersey   
               Center for Computers and Information Services   
                  Laboratory for Computer Science Research   
      
      
                               3 October 1988   
      
   This is an introduction to the Internet networking protocols (TCP/IP).   
   It  includes  a  summary  of  the  facilities  available   and   brief   
   descriptions of the major protocols in the family.   
      
   Copyright  (C)  1987,  Charles  L. Hedrick.  Anyone may reproduce this   
   document, in whole or in  part,  provided  that:    (1)  any  copy  or   
   republication  of  the entire document must show Rutgers University as   
   the source, and must include this notice; and (2)  any  other  use  of   
   this  material  must reference this manual and Rutgers University, and   
   the fact that the material is copyright by Charles Hedrick and is used   
   by permission.   
   [...]   
      
   More documents at   
      
   https://vallor.earth/ip/   
      
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