about TCP connection up timer in HTTP session

Hi,
Anyone can give me a clue about the following question:
For the first SYN packet of TCP connection setup for HTML doc., the
retransmission
timer I measured are about: 3.234 (first retransmission), 6.577(sec. ),
13.169 (third), ....
That is new = 2*previous.
The first timeout for the ACK & SYN from the other side is about 2.95 sec.

But in the following simultaneous TCP connections, I observed that the first
timeout for the ACK & SYN 
from the other side for some connection is about 1.069 sec.

How does TCP start the timer from the response side in Netscape server? 

Thank you

Dabin

Received on Tuesday, 9 March 1999 08:34:58 UTC