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How can I find the type of TCP running on my Mac OS X? (TCP Reno, Fast TCP, ...)
chook
Posted 2009-11-04T05:41:43.353
Reputation: 73
TCP Implementation on Mac OS X
Answers
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Mac OS X apparently supports SACKs, making Reno obsolete...
net.inet.tcp.sack: 1
vs
net.inet.tcp.newreno: 0
(from sysctl net | grep net.inet.tcp)
jtimberman
Posted 2009-11-04T05:41:43.353
Reputation: 20 109
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If it is congestion control implementation you need to identify,
it might be easier to you can also look at the TCP packet stream from the machine.
Here is a StackOverflow question on how to 'fingerprint' TCP Congestion control algorithm.
nik
Posted 2009-11-04T05:41:43.353
Reputation: 50 788
2@TheDownVoter, a brief explanation for the down-vote will be highly appreciated. – nik – 2009-11-04T13:02:07.773
Not sure what you mean by type of TCP running. Can you explain what you are looking for? – Jim Deville – 2009-11-04T06:57:19.503
how congestion control is implemented in TCP? for example, TCP reno, Fast TCP, ... – chook – 2009-11-04T07:33:39.290