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- Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!sun4nl!research.ptt.nl!walvdrk
- From: walvdrk@research.ptt.nl (KEES VAN DER WAL)
- Subject: Re: Question
- Message-ID: <1992Jul27.214817.1@research.ptt.nl>
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- Organization: PTT Research, The Netherlands
- References: <1992Jul16.150120.28047@walter.bellcore.com> <21956@venera.isi.edu> <1992Jul17.114053.1@research.ptt.nl> <1992Jul17.160015.7158@dxcern.cern.ch> <1992Jul18.154155.1@research.ptt.nl> <1992Jul22.130820.11652@dxcern.cern.ch>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 20:48:17 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul22.130820.11652@dxcern.cern.ch>, brian@dxcern.cern.ch (Brian
- Carpenter CERN-CN) writes:
-
- >>>>So the question is "who makes those small 48-56 byte packets?
-
- > Kees, when typing or moving my mouse (both on an X terminal), I don't
- > know about the protocol, but *I* expect an ACK every few bytes, i.e.
- > the X client half a kilometre away is supposed to respond to me. So yes,
- > as several people have said, small packets are intrinsic to computer-
- > generated traffic.
-
- Okay, I give in. I'm convinced now that there are and will be quite a few small
- packets. But I'm still _not_ convinced that the total number of (partly filled)
- cells resulting from those small packets is really worth while bothering.
-
-
- To do a variation about how many ... does it take to replace a light bulb:
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- How many typists or mouse-movers does it take to fill a 155Mb/s link?
-
-
- Regards, <kees>
-
- Kees van der Wal e-mail: J.C.vanderWal@research.ptt.nl
-