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Date:      Fri, 21 Feb 2003 21:52:17 -0600 (CST)
From:      Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com>
To:        =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sten_Daniel_S=F8rsdal?= <sten.daniel.sorsdal@wan.no>
Cc:        net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: TOS or TCP Flags - make a difference?
Message-ID:  <20030221215003.O2121@odysseus.silby.com>
In-Reply-To: <0AF1BBDF1218F14E9B4CCE414744E70F1F3BE6@exchange.wanglobal.net>
References:  <0AF1BBDF1218F14E9B4CCE414744E70F1F3BE6@exchange.wanglobal.net>

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On Wed, 19 Feb 2003, [iso-8859-1] Sten Daniel S=F8rsdal wrote:

>   Does FreeBSD prioritize traffic based on TOS and or TCP Flags?
>
>   It could be my imagination but it looks like PSH flagged tcp
>   packets go faster through the network than non-PSH flagged.
>   We have other routers also (Cisco and Nortel) so it might be them.
>
> -- Sten

FreeBSD has no traffic prioritizing built in by default.  Note that PSH
flags are always ACK'd immediately, whereas non-PSH flags are subject to
delayed ACKs.  Are you perhaps measuring the occurance of that?

Mike "Silby" Silbersack

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