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From: romkey@asylum.SF.CA.US (John Romkey)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: TCP/IP loosing packets
Message-ID: <12532@asylum.SF.CA.US>
Date: 3 Aug 90 18:12:18 GMT
References: <14215@oolong.la.locus.com>
Reply-To: romkey@asylum.UUCP (John Romkey)
Organization: The Asylum; Belmont, CA
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You didn't say what kind of ethernet board you're using. If you're
using a 3COM 3C501, expect to lose lots of packets. The 3C501 is a
dog.  Architecurally, it's the same as the very first ethernet card
available for PC's (the 3C500), and has only a single packet buffer,
so the receiver must be disabled while loading the buffer for
transmit, and you cannot receive back-to-back packets (or anything
even close to them).

Granted, the TCP shouldn't cause a panic under any circumstances, but
for years, th e 3C501 has been a leading cause of poor performance...
			- john romkey
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