Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!decwrl!ucbvax!OBELIX.TWG.COM!lefty From: lefty@OBELIX.TWG.COM Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk Subject: Re: Re: mactcp and SLIP Message-ID: <9008201020.ab16811@Obelix.TWG.COM> Date: 20 Aug 90 17:24:18 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 18 > While the current version of MacTCP is extensible, there seem to be problems > with letting it talk SLIP (I suppose that it can't deal with receiving > anything other than a whole packet at a time, or something like that?? > Anyone know exactly?) and, accoring to a posting a few weeks back, a > revision is in the works. My understanding (John V., care to clarify this?) is that the timeout values used by MacTCP are too quick for the (relatively) extremely slow speeds at which SLIP and PPP transfer data. While MacTCP _is_ designed to accomodate a variety of link access protocols, the timer values cannot currently be scaled to allow for a wide enough range of transfer rates... |<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>| | David N. Schlesinger || "When I have nothing to say, | | The Wollongong Group || my lips are sealed; | | Internet: Lefty@twg.com || say something once, | | DoD #: 0152 || why say it again?" -- David Byrne | |<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|