Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 15:38:22 -0700 (MST) From: Mike Holling <myke@ees.com> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: Dj Browne <derek@hcl.com>, chad@DCFinc.com, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: D-Link DE620 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9811161535380.255-100000@phluffy.fks.bt> In-Reply-To: <3650A79A.D41BB4A5@softweyr.com>
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> Terrible. I used to work for a vendor of a TCP/IP stack for Win3.1. > We bought a bunch of TI TravelMate 4000Es for our show booth, using > Xircom parallel-port ethernet adapters. The best throughput we ever > recorded was about 120K bytes/sec, less than half the nominal throughput > of an NE2000. I'm told this was a very good time for the parallel device, > too. Gag. I used to get about 70 kilobytes/sec. While not as fast as ethernet, it's still much faster than a serial link. > Is a direct-cable serial PPP link an option? At 115,200 bps, it's just > about as fast as the parallel-port ethernet, if a little less convenient > to setup. 115200 bits/sec -> 14400 bytes/sec -> 14 kilobytes/sec. The parallel cable is definitely faster than the serial link. - Mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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