Questions tagged [rtt]
For questions about Round-trip time (RTT), where it is also called round-trip delay. It is the time required for a signal pulse or packet to travel from a specific source to a specific destination and back again. Use this tag i relation to network delays or troubleshooting.
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How many RTTs does a basic SMTP message transfer require between two mail servers? [closed]
Suppose a message is sent from user A to user B. The transfer from each user agent to its mail server is assumed negligible, and the only measurable delay is the RTT between the two mail servers (20 ...
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How can the latency value be so low from Singapore to USA (~2ms)?
Here's the ping output from Singapore:
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=1 ttl=50 time=1.96 ms
Singapore to 8.8.8.8 = ~2ms
Another ping output:
64 bytes from 23.59.8.146: icmp_seq=81 ttl=44 time=66.1 ...
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What is the time of the first RTO in the TCP protocol without knowing the RTT?
I know that 3 way handshake is used. But, the first time a connection is established and there is no RTT data, what is the expected time before sending another packet?
How does the client know how ...
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How is SampleRTT measured once every RTT, without measuring every segment?
According to the RFC, SampleRTT is measured once every RTT.
My text: Computer Networking: A top-down approach (6ed By: Kurose & Ross) also states, that:
Instead of measuring a SampleRTT for ...
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Serialization and serialization times in 40G/10G and 100G/25G Ethernet
I've recently been involved in discussions about lowest-latency requirements for a Leaf/Spine (or CLOS) network to host an OpenStack platform.
System architects are striving for the lowest possible ...
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