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From: jal@acc.flint.umich.edu (John Lauro)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re:  TCP/IP problems on DN10k, and pascal bug
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Date: 1 Feb 91 14:47:33 GMT
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In article <9101311455.AA16072@richter.mit.edu> krowitz@RICHTER.MIT.EDU (David Krowitz) writes:
>Unless you are running NFS between your Apollos, the system
>does not use TCP/IP for remote file access -- so the pauses
>in listing a file are not due to TCP/IP loosing packets.
>The Apollo distributed file system uses DDS (Domain Data Service?)
>for the underlying network protocal, and this is completely
>separate from the TCP/IP services. You can completely shutdown
>your TCP/IP services with an "ifconfig" without affecting the
>file system (other than NFS mounted file systems, of course!).
>
I am not using a different apollo, I am comming in via telnet
from a PC running CUTCP (based on NCSA telnet).  The file is local
to the the machine being telneted to.  Even if I telnet to a 3500 and
cat the same file on the 10000, there is no problem that way either.
Only when you "telnet" to the 10000.    It's not a function of the
file system (I think.)  I haven't tried, but I suspect if I write a
program that just outputs text, it would give the same problem.

   - John