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From: eli@spdcc.COM (Steve Elias)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: 802.4 priority classes
Message-ID: <1740@spdcc.COM>
Date: 30 Aug 88 13:08:22 GMT
References: <7083@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu>
Reply-To: eli@spdcc.COM (Steve Elias)
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In <7083@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu> wsmith@umn-cs.UUCP (Warren Smith [Randy]) writes:
>
>To those who have used 802.4 or participated in its creation:
	
>   Does anyone really tune their station management parameters?

	a definite yes!  there are .4 parameters that need
	to be tuned depending on the backbone size and the response
	time you want.  it is possible to trade off throughput against
	response time, to some extent -- by varying the 'token hold'
	time.  i believe that it is possible to thrash up a token bus
	network if you add a station that is improperly configured.

	steve elias, Chipcom