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From: bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: Bad SLIP performance (was Re: SLIP, IP Routers and Named Pipes)
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Date: 10 Oct 90 13:54:58 GMT
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In-Reply-To: dyer@spdcc.COM's message of 9 Oct 90 23:16:54 GMT

In article <4401@spdcc.SPDCC.COM> dyer@spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer) writes:
   All bets are off when you start talking about pseudo-full-duplex
   modems like Telebit Trailblazers or MNP6, or noisy lines or lossy
   serial interfaces.  But let's identify *these* as potential areas
   of problems, and not tar the underlying technology unjustly.

We see very reasonable performance with compressed-header SLIP or PPP
between Sun-4/60s over a pair or Trailblazer Plusses:  1.3-1.5Kb/sec
FTP throughput with PPP, nearing the modem's advertised pipe diameter.
Interactive response OK too, though not what you'd call "pleasant" if
you're used to fatter hoses.  I haven't tried high values of MNP or
HST.

Don't bother with Classic SLIP, particularly not with TBs.