Defintion of 'Quench'

[Chuck Ciesinski]

When virtual IP address changes to physical IP address, we are getting the message is 'quenched'
connections. What does this mean?

[James R. Ferguson · Accepted solution]

Hi:

Document #MSFTQ170292:

Source Quench messages are sent when the destination is unable to process traffic as fast as the source is sending it. The Source Quench ICMP tells the source to cut back the rate at which it is sending data. The destination will continue to generate Source Quench ICMPs until the source is sending at an acceptable speed.

See also the additional references and in this very recent thread:

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,1150,0x18c779bffde7d4118fef0090279cd0f9,00.html

...JRF...