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Multipath TCP: an overview

Multipath TCP: an overview

Posted Apr 4, 2013 6:24 UTC (Thu) by christophpaasch (subscriber, #54567)
In reply to: Multipath TCP: an overview by kevinm
Parent article: Multipath TCP: an overview

It returns the info from the initial TCP subflow.

So, even if the host has moved away (e.g., moved away from its WiFi access-point and MPTCP switched to 3G), the syscalls still return the old address of the WiFi interface.


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