Subject: Re: IPTOS_LOWDELAY in telnet
To: Allen Briggs <briggs@ninthwonder.com>
From: Michael Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ottawa.on.ca>
List: tech-net
Date: 10/17/1999 18:25:34
>>>>> "Allen" == Allen Briggs <briggs@ninthwonder.com> writes:
    Allen> Should NetBSD's telnet set IPTOS_LOWDELAY?  It seems that with a
    Allen> telnet connection, you do want a low delay, but you do want some
    Allen> delay to properly handle multi-byte sequences (like terminal

  Given Diffserv, I'm not certain that messing with the TOS byte is worth
anything. 

  Making sure that telnet's characters get out quickly, and that function
key sequences stay together is a different problem, I think.

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