Re: [RRG] Why delaying initial packets matters

[David Conrad <drc@virtualized.org>]

Marshall,

Thanks for the response.

On Feb 9, 2008, at 6:26 AM, Marshall Eubanks wrote:
> It wouldn't necessarily change the kernel stack, but a 500 msec  
> delay on every stream start would sure make video channel changing  
> slow,.

I'd be ecstatic if my Tivo could change channels faster than 3000  
msecs (or could do it without getting the wrong channel 15% of the  
time, sigh), but that's neither here nor there.

> There is a lot of work going into making channel changing fast, and  
> that work would become moot in this case.

Right.

> Of course, a lot would depend on what is meant by "flow" above. If  
> only the first packet from a /24 to a end user is
> delayed, that would change little at the application layer.

All channels would come from of the same address block?  What are the  
current delay assumptions?

Regards,
-drc


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