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From: craig@bbn.com (Craig Partridge)
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Subject: Re: help with tcp/ip over high speed network...
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Date: 18 Nov 90 19:52:50 GMT
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In article <17618@thorin.cs.unc.edu> bmh@tigger.cs.unc.edu (Brad Hemminger) writes:
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>We will be participating in a project that will require running some already
>devleoped X Window System applications over a prototype high speed network.  It
>appears that a good route for us is to get tcp/ip running over this network,
>so that X and other network stuff falls out for free (?).

How fast is high speed?  If you are going to get to really high speeds,
consider enhancing your TCP with the options in RFC 1072 and 1185.

Craig