Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wasatch!haas
From: haas@wasatch.UUCP (Walt Haas)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: IP over X.25 (request for info)
Message-ID: <1129@wasatch.UUCP>
Date: 15 Feb 89 18:30:52 GMT
References: <8902081711.AA07245@gateway.mitre.org> <13962@bellcore.bellcore.com>
Organization: University of Utah CS Dept
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In article <13962@bellcore.bellcore.com>, karn@jupiter..bellcore.com (Phil R. Karn) writes:
> On the other hand, CSNET's experience with real commercial X.25 networks
> like Telenet has shown that multiple parallel virtual circuits are often
> necessary anyway to even approach acceptable performance. The problem is the
> small X.25 packet size limit and the tiny packet-layer flow control window.

I was waiting for somebody else to point out the obvious, but it didn't
happen... the small packet size limit and flow control window are *NOT X.25*
problems, they are problems with the Telenet implementation!

Please read the literature before you post...


Walt Haas    haas@cs.utah.edu    utah-cs!haas