Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site dolphy.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!cmcl2!phri!dolphy!jdg From: jdg@dolphy.UUCP (Jesse D. 'The Reverend' Goodman) Newsgroups: net.dcom Subject: TCP/IP sits on a LAN Message-ID: <9@dolphy.UUCP> Date: Wed, 2-Oct-85 22:06:09 EDT Article-I.D.: dolphy.9 Posted: Wed Oct 2 22:06:09 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 5-Oct-85 15:10:33 EDT Distribution: net Organization: Saiph Corp. - New York, NY Lines: 23 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The following article was posted a few weeks ago over a lossy net interface. Please accept my sincerest regrets and apoligies if this is a repeat: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Can anyone discuss, dissertate, denigrate, or point out references regarding the suitability of TCP/IP as the top end of a Ethernet or similar local area net? Can the ample header truly be customized? Does a connectionless based interface have a quantifiable throughput increase over a VC? For both single and multi packet messages? etc? etc? Especially enlightening would be a comparison with other top contenders such as XNS/PUP, and maybe even X.25 (assuming you were using it already for long haul). Thanks in A. Jesse Goodman Saiph Corp. (that's Saiph as in Fail-Saiph) NY, NY (212)787-3318