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From: HANK@BARILVM.BITNET (Henry Nussbacher)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re:  ISN
Message-ID: <8803231243.AA13710@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: 20 Mar 88 05:12:58 GMT
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>Seems like a reasonable concept.  The bridge guys work very hard to
>keep the overhead low enough to handle back-to-back Ethernet packets;
>can the REB guys do as well, with the extra protocol processing?

The stated rate is 2500 packets per second (forwarding).  Falls
between a bridge (10,000 pps) and a router (1000 pps).

Hank