Re: [ILUG-BOM] tcp throput v/s udp throput

Should i expect better throughput(Bytes/s) for TCP or UDP over a *Reliable* LAN and *Unreliable* WAN?. I will let you know what results i have achieved but i would like to know your perspective since thats more important. The tests are on my RHEL 3.0 box with the RH hacked 2.4.x kernel.

As a rule of thumb UDP is better for reliable networks and TCP for unreliable ones. Generally LAN are reliable and WANs are unreliable(actually reliability depends on what your backbone is ).

Wanted to know how did you simulate WAN? applied rate-limiting or something?

Chiragz

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