Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!mailrus!uwmcsd1!ig!agate!ucbvax!TRWIND.IND.TRW.COM!karl From: karl@TRWIND.IND.TRW.COM (Karl Auerbach) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc Subject: Re: multiplexing interfaces (was 'ethernet over pcnet') Message-ID: <8807051803.AA17699@trwind.ind.TRW.COM> Date: 5 Jul 88 18:03:22 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 11 The packet driver interface seems to degrade performace by only a few percent when compared against a linked-in driver. I have pumped more than 2500 packets per second through a packet driver I wrote for the TRW board. Someone who is clever could put the bulk of the driver out in EMS memory or on a mildely smart board, keeping only the first level interface code in the critical 640K zone. --karl--