Re: VPN network issue

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From: Bob Gonder
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 04:13

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On 15 Aug 2005 06:38:25 -0700, you wrote:

>We have a VPN that connects all our offices around the world. Some time
>in the last six months something changed that has broken one of our
>applications. The application uses TCustomWinSocket in non-blocking
>mode to send data.
>
>* Terrible performance.
>Commands appear to be being received a dozen or more seconds after they
>have actually been sent. It incorporates a simple chat client but the

You didn't accidentally turn on buffering, did you?
Small packets can get delayed if TCP is waiting for a full buffer
before sending.

I know next to nothing about firewalls (other than they seem to work),
but maybe they've been "upgraded" to stop pesky DOS attacks of swarms
of small packets. Throwing out the good ones with the "bad".

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