Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!function.mps.ohio-state.edu!edgar From: edgar@function.mps.ohio-state.edu (Gerald Edgar) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm Subject: Re: Downloading with Kermit Message-ID: <1991Jun13.131956.6973@zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu> Date: 13 Jun 91 13:19:56 GMT References: <1991Jun7.112254.622@vax.oxford.ac.uk> <1991Jun12.205728.997@m.cs.uiuc.edu> Sender: usenet@zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu Organization: The Ohio State University, Dept. of Math. Lines: 12 Nntp-Posting-Host: function.mps.ohio-state.edu >kermit is perhaps the slowest download protocol in existence. It is >slow because the packet sizes are too small (128 bytes). With MacKermit, I normally use a packet size of 900. -- Gerald A. Edgar Internet: edgar@mps.ohio-state.edu Department of Mathematics Bitnet: EDGAR@OHSTPY The Ohio State University telephone: 614-292-0395 (Office) Columbus, OH 43210 -292-4975 (Math. Dept.) -292-1479 (Dept. Fax)