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From: dga@cs.brown.edu (Daniel G. Aliaga)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: DOS/ftp/multi-process
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Date: 25 Feb 90 22:08:11 GMT
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I am working on a project that uses TCP/IP to send 4k packets across an
Ethernet from a IBM PC/AT to a SPARC. I'm trying to send as many packets as
possible per second (i.e. speed is very important). Our server (the AT), due
various factors, can only run DOS. We are using FTP Software TCP libraries in
our implementation. We also have multiple clients (SPARC) to send packets to.

Does any one know if it would be to our advantage to use something like
DESQview (that allows simulated multi-processes in DOS) to keep all clients
in sync by simulatenously transfering packets to each client instead of one
packet per client, then a packet to the next client etc ... We would like to 
keep the clients as much in sync as possible ...... ???

Thanks,

dga@cs.brown.edu