Re: service nagle

From: Stephen Sprunk (ssprunk@cisco.com)
Date: Fri Mar 22 2002 - 12:31:06 EST


Thus spake "Craig Coonrad" <coonrad@internap.com>
> I'm hoping someone can provide me some clue about the following.
>
> If you enable 'service nagle' on a cisco, under what circumstances
> does the nagle algorithm kick in (or does it always kick in)?:
>
> a. host without nagle initiates tcp connection to cisco router
> b. host with nagle intiates tcp connection to cisco router
> c. cisco router initiates tcp connection to host without nagle
> d. cisco router iniiates tcp connection to host with nagle
> e. host with nagle initiates tcp connection to cisco without nagle
> f. all of the above
>
> I'm sure it applies to b and d, but am curious about the others.

If enabled, the Nagle Algorithm will be used on all TCP connections. Nagle
is not a negotiated option (it's a local implementation option), so it
doesn't matter who initiates the connection or if the other side uses it.

S



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