[e2e] TCP slow start and maximum segment size

[David Borman]

Actually, you subtract the fixed IP and TCP header sizes from the
MTU to get the TCP MSS value.  If there are any IP or TCP options,
then the sender will reduce his effective MSS value by the length
of the IP and TCP options.

			-David Borman

> From: "Valentin Ossman" <valentin at tehutinetworks.com>
> Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 09:56:27 +0200
>
> Check RFC1191. You have a list of likely values for MTU.
> Deduct the IP header length to get the MSS.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: end2end-interest-admin at postel.org
> [mailto:end2end-interest-admin at postel.org] On Behalf Of srinivas
> shakkottai
> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 8:55 PM
> Subject: [e2e] TCP slow start and maximum segment size
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm looking for values of the Maximum segment size and
> slow start threshold for different implementations of
> TCP.  Is there some place where I can get a table of
> common MSS and  SST values along with the TCP
> version/OS they are associated with?
>
> Regards,
> Srinivas