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From: chrisv@CMC.COM (Chris VandenBerg)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: bandwidth usage for X applications?
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Date: 5 Mar 91 16:21:06 GMT
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Good morning all,
I tried posting the following question to the X windows interest group but 
received NO responses. So I'm going to give it a go here on TCP, since most
of you ARE concerned with bandwidth usage for applications, etc.
QUESTION - Does anyone have a feel for rough bandwidth usage for some of the
"typical" (if there is such a thing) X client applications? Has anyone run any
benchmarks which included X sessions across the net? It can't be too difficult
to fill up an Ethernet VERY quickly running clients to a few servers doing CAD
or something.
If you have some applications that can eat up an Ethernet let me know, we're
actively looking for good app's to highlight the need for FDDI at Interop this
year. Many thanks,
Chris VandenBerg
CMC A Rockwell Co.
chrisv@cmc.com          805-562-3127