Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/15/85; site ucbvax.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!tcp-ip From: tcp-ip@ucbvax.ARPA Newsgroups: fa.tcp-ip Subject: Re: ARPANET/MILNET performance statistics Message-ID: <7797@ucbvax.ARPA> Date: Tue, 4-Jun-85 19:53:00 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbvax.7797 Posted: Tue Jun 4 19:53:00 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 6-Jun-85 07:55:01 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.ARPA Organization: University of California at Berkeley Lines: 14 From: Mark Crispin Jim - An 1822 packet is 1008 bits, which is not only 126 bytes but also 28 36-bit words. Hosts never see packets, they see messages which can be up to 8159 bytes; that is, a 96 bit leader plus 8 packets full of data minus 1 bit. Many people erroneously confuse messages with packets, and unfortunately a lot of host software does the same. -- Mark -- -------