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From: cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: ESIX woes. (serial performance)
Keywords: HDB TCP/IP
Message-ID: <1989Nov15.133059.3330@virtech.uucp>
Date: 15 Nov 89 13:30:59 GMT
References: <612@aablue.UUCP> <6965@ficc.uu.net>
Organization: Virtual Technologies Inc.
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In article <6965@ficc.uu.net>, peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes:
> [serial port performance really amazingly bad with TCP up]
> 
> With Belltech/Intel V.3.2u, with Lachman TCP/IP: when I have TCP running
> the performance of the serial port drops dramatically, and I get about
> 1 in 50 characters lost even at typing speeds.

I am running 386/ix with TCP, NFS, X, etc.  and have no problems with
serial port performance with the networking up or not.  I do have an 
intelligent serial port card which may be the reason.


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