mptcp.md (1068B)
1 --- 2 c: Copyright (C) Dorian Craps, <dorian.craps@student.vinci.be> 3 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl 4 Long: mptcp 5 Added: 8.9.0 6 Help: Enable Multipath TCP 7 Category: connection 8 Multi: boolean 9 See-also: 10 - tcp-fastopen 11 Example: 12 - --mptcp $URL 13 --- 14 15 # `--mptcp` 16 17 Enable the use of Multipath TCP (MPTCP) for connections. MPTCP is an extension 18 to the standard TCP that allows multiple TCP streams over different network 19 paths between the same source and destination. This can enhance bandwidth and 20 improve reliability by using multiple paths simultaneously. 21 22 MPTCP is beneficial in networks where multiple paths exist between clients and 23 servers, such as mobile networks where a device may switch between WiFi and 24 cellular data or in wired networks with multiple Internet Service Providers. 25 26 This option is currently only supported on Linux starting from kernel 5.6. Only 27 TCP connections are modified, hence this option does not affect HTTP/3 (QUIC) 28 or UDP connections. 29 30 The server curl connects to must also support MPTCP. If not, the connection 31 seamlessly falls back to TCP.