I like my solution to the problem: Have a close friend who's better at computers than you are. He takes the bullets... (Not that I'd EVER admit anyone was better at computers than me;-> )
Several years ago as part of a research project at Novell we implemented something very similar (but with some additional enhancements). It automatically adjusted itself to maximise throughput on whatever end-to-end conditions it ran over, in real time.
On 100Mb Ethernet we were getting 85-99 Mb/sec depending on other traffic on the wire.
We tried it on a Hughes satellite link and got 498k/sec throughput on a 512k link. TCP got about 127k/sec on the same link.
I'm actually getting a sick feeling knowing Novell never productised it. (But they did patent it).
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I like my solution to the problem: Have a close friend who's better at computers than you are. He takes the bullets... (Not that I'd EVER admit anyone was better at computers than me ;-> )
I guess it's time to shut down the American Cancer Society, the Red Cross, all churches, ... since they're not motivated by profit.
HEY! I think I'll sue the Catholic Church for $10 billion because they aren't doing things the American Way(tm)...
Several years ago as part of a research project at Novell we implemented something very similar (but with some additional enhancements). It automatically adjusted itself to maximise throughput on whatever end-to-end conditions it ran over, in real time.
On 100Mb Ethernet we were getting 85-99 Mb/sec depending on other traffic on the wire.
We tried it on a Hughes satellite link and got 498k/sec throughput on a 512k link. TCP got about 127k/sec on the same link.
I'm actually getting a sick feeling knowing Novell never productised it. (But they did patent it).