[net-perf] bad performance w/o jumbo frames over large BDPs

[Jeff W. Boote]

Michael Sinatra wrote:
> I am going to try configuring the kernel for the advanced TCP congestion
> stuff that Linux has built in and see how that goes.  I will also set up
> to capture a packet trace, so that I can better figure out what is going 
> on.
> 
> I am hoping that Jeff Boote and/or Eric Boyd might be able to shed some
> light on how the Abilene nodes are configured so as to get the
> performance they do.

I'm not sure what is going on. The configuration looks reasonable.

Along with the packet trace, I would recommend adding the -x flag so you can see 
the sender side information along with the receiver side.

jeff