I’m sending many TCP packets each of size 50 bytes over the network. Later I found it out TCP aggregates a few 50 byte packets into a single TCP packet. My question is, is there a way to avoid TCP aggregation in ‘C’ program?
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I’m sending many TCP packets each of size 50 bytes over the network. Later I found it out TCP aggregates a few 50 byte packets into a single TCP packet. My question is, is there a way to avoid TCP aggregation in ‘C’ program?
Packing multiple sent packets into a single TCP packet is handled using an algorithm known as Nagle’s algorithm. To disable it, set the
TCP_NODELAYoption on your socket:Note that this decreases the efficiency of your network, and should be avoided unless you really do need each packet to be sent immediately.