Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] TCP packets with data and ACK flag but no PSH flag set.

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From: Stef <stefmit@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 20:01:21 -0600
Yes, it is normal. It makes more sense for the PSH flag to be set only
on the last segment in a multi-segment transmission. Interactive
applications are the ones that may have data+PSH always together,
otherwise it all depends on whether the sender buffer gets emptied, or
not.

Stef


On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 16:50:23 -0800, Bob Eby <beby@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
<snip>
> Is it normal to have TCP data in packets without the PSH flag set?  I
> didn't think so.
<snip>