On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 2:55 PM, Noven Purnell-Webb wrote: > I'm about to go on a mission to the outback, with one objective being to > tune a disappointing satellite link. Theoretically 6/1mbps, with RTTs > ranging from 700 - 1200ms. From the cake technical page > Hi Noven. This has happened: using tc-adv, you now have the RTT parameter. The page needs to be updated to reflect that. > "The AQM layer has no configuration options. However, it is planned to add > simple tuning options for different prevailing RTTs that may be > significantly different from the Internet-scale 100ms currently assumed. > Satellite links tend to impose longer RTTs, and enclosed LANs tend to have > much shorter RTTs." Does this imply cake is not yet ready for use on > satellite links? Or merely that I'll get sub-optimal results but it's still > worth testing? > I see I could set the interval in sch_cake.c and recompile - is there any > reason why this would be a bad idea? Am I right in thinking with such > observed variation I'll get better results setting for the lower limit > (700) rather than the upper (1200)? > Any suggestions for a more sane target to set while I'm doing this? > Has anyone here already done testing on satellite links? > > - Noven > > -- > - Noven Purnell-Webb > Creative Technology Consultant > +61 448 841 091 > http://onecardme.com/NovenPWebb > > > > _______________________________________________ > Cake mailing list > Cake@lists.bufferbloat.net > https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/cake > >