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From: twolf@homxb.ATT.COM (T.WOLF)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Protocol question 'n things
Summary: XProtocol question
Message-ID: <2772@homxb.ATT.COM>
Date: 10 Jan 89 15:06:19 GMT
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This has probably been discussed previously ... but since I just started
reading this group...   :-)

What is the average length (if there is such a thing) for an XProtocol packet
on a TCP/IP (Ethernet)?  Does Xlib stuff multiple requests into a single
packet which it sends to the server?  I know that Xlib buffers up these
requests (but does it send each as a packet?)  Sorry iff these questions
are naive.

On a similar note:  What is the lowest-bandwidth network X has been ported to?
Does someone know whether it is feasible (performance wise) to run X over a
9.6kbit connection?

Well, I've exhausted my nearly infinite store of questions -- for now.  Thanks
in advance for any answers.



Tom Wolf
Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ		E-mail:   twolf@homxb.att.com