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Subject: Better ethernet performance?
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Date: Wed, 22-Apr-87 13:14:35 EST
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Does anyone know of alternatives to the Excelan board
for TCP/IP on a MC 5700?

We have bencmarked our machine and have found unacceptably
low performance across the network.  Our slow Sun-2 
(68010 @10Mhz) can out perform the supposed 5MIPS
Masscomp.  I suspect the problem is the 80186 processor
on the Excelan board is just not fast enough.

Anyone know how to use the "Lance" chip on a high
end Masscomp?

	-David Robinson
	david@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov

[MOD: To my knowledge, an alternative vendor is being considered, but
I am unaware of who it is or when it may be available. If you come to the
user group meeting next week, I am sure you can get the information you
need. I doubt that you can get a lance operation on the 5700 since the chip
is not on the CPU as it is on the 5300/5400/5500-PEP computers -- sob]