A User27s Guide to TCP Windows(TCP windowSize的详细解析).doc

A Users Guide to TCP Windows Last Update: Wed Jun 19 10:11:03 1996 by Von Welch Note: This document is out of date at this point, but I maintain it for historical reasons and because this URL is cited in a number of places. A more recent reference document can be found at  HYPERLINK /networking/projects/tcptune/ /networking/projects/tcptune/ - Von Welch March 3rd, 2006  HYPERLINK /~vwelch/net_perf/tcp_windows.html \l what is What is the TCP Window Thing?  HYPERLINK /~vwelch/net_perf/tcp_windows.html \l why Why have a TCP window?  HYPERLINK /~vwelch/net_perf/tcp_windows.html \l how How do I set the TCP window in my application?  HYPERLINK /~vwelch/net_perf/tcp_windows.html \l bufsize For most OSs  HYPERLINK /~vwelch/net_perf/tcp_windows.html \l unicos Unicos  HYPERLINK /~vwelch/net_perf/tcp_windows.html \l aix AIX  HYPERLINK /~vwelch/net_perf/tcp_windows.html \l unicos Setting the TCP window size under Unicos  HYPERLINK /~vwelch/net_perf/tcp_windows.html \l how big How big do I set the TCP window?  HYPERLINK /~vwelch/net_perf/tcp_windows.html \l nettest Setting the TCP window size with nettest  HYPERLINK /~vwelch/net_perf/tcp_windows.html \l more info More sources of information What is this TCP Window Thing? A TCP window the amount of outstanding (unacknowledged by the recipient) data a sender can send on a particular connection before it gets an acknowledgment back from the receiver that it has gotten some of it.For example if a pair of hosts are talking over a TCP connection that has a TCP window size of 64 KB (kilobytes), the sender can only send 64 KB of data and then it must stop and wait for an acknowledgment from the receiver that some or all of the data has been received. If the receiver acknowledges that all the data has been received then the sender is free to send another 64 KB. If the sender gets back an acknowledgment from the receiver that it received the first 32 KB (which could happen if the second 32