Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 19:01:44 -0500 From: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) To: Tony Li <tli@jnx.com> Cc: isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: changed to: Frac T3? Message-ID: <199611200001.TAA09973@etinc.com>
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> The point of this discussion, I believe, was to try to determine what > "it" is. As machines get faster, it keeps changing. Certainly there is > a limit, but its not totally clear what it is. > >As I think I pointed out in another message, "it" is a guarantee of cycles >and I/O to the routing protocols. There is no "guarantee" in unix, so you cant answer the question with your method. The best you can do is guess. Dropping packets occasionally can't be avoided without great overexpenditure, so the best we can try for is "very infrequently".... Dennis
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