Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!uunet!ccicpg!arnold!dave From: dave@arnold.UUCP (Dave Arnold) Newsgroups: unix-pc.general Subject: Re: rn/nntp on unixpc? Keywords: rn, nntp, space?, do-able? Message-ID: <253@arnold.UUCP> Date: 27 Nov 88 20:27:56 GMT References: <293@jhunix.JHU.EDU> Organization: Home, Mission Viejo, Ca Lines: 35 In article <293@jhunix.JHU.EDU>, ecf_hap@jhunix.JHU.EDU (Andrew Poling) writes: > > BTW- a tip for anyone putting a unixpc on ethernet: don't put it on a DELNI. > I can only testify for the DEC variety, but any multi-port-transciever-type Hmmmm. A DELNI a multi-port-transciver? Sort of. > box will probably give you headaches. The ethernet card for the unixpc > doesn't seem to handle collisions well, Huh? How does it work then? > Every time someone on the DELNI > sends a packet, the DELNI sends a collision to the other devices er, ah... Beg pardon, sending a collision doesn't really make any sense... But "asserting carrier" would. However, asserting carrier is how any ethernet transceiver should work. > The symptoms are > short-packets on the cable, and terrible performance from the ethernet > interface (telnet, for instance, is no longer preferable to that 1200-baud > modem). I also had problems with connections that didn't die becauses the > final packets were short, and therefore never received properly. Hmmmmm. Packets not received because they are too short. Okay everybody, stop sending short packets! > shows the potential shortcomings of datagrams. 'Nuff said. Sorry Andy, I couldn't resist. -- Dave Arnold dave@arnold.volt.com Volt Delta Resources Phone: (714) 921-7635