diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 4ad8d5d..e3c3d64 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -138,3 +138,8 @@ try "-l 4K". * On OpenBSD, the server seems to require a "-4" argument, implying that it can only be used with IPv4. +* When specifying the TCP buffer size using the "-w" flag on Linux, Linux +doubles the value you pass in. (You can see this using iperf3's debug flag). +But then the CWND does not actually ramp up to the doubled value, but only +to about 75% of the doubled value. This appears to be by design. +