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Date:      Wed, 13 Jan 1999 10:25:16 -0500 (EST)
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
To:        yu.shi@research.nokia.com
Cc:        net@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   piggy-backed ACKs
Message-ID:  <199901131525.KAA21921@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <369C4A50.8EA01BB5@research.nokia.com>
References:  <369C4A50.8EA01BB5@research.nokia.com>

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<<On Wed, 13 Jan 1999 15:25:04 +0800, Shi Yu <yu.shi@research.nokia.com> said:

> In a TCP connection, who decides that ACKs are piggy-backed or not.

The TCP stack will always try to send data when it sends an ack if
there is data to be sent and the flow-control algorithms would permit
data to be sent.

> IF I implement an application, can I make ACKs not piggy-backed?

Only if you rewrite the TCP stack.

-GAWollman

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