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- From: silver@xrtll.uucp (Hi Ho Silver)
- Subject: Re: Burst Mode IPX
- Organization: What you won't find on my desk.
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 01:55:27 GMT
- Message-ID: <C1FuoG.GB6@xrtll.uucp>
- Keywords: BURST
- References: <1993Jan21.115029.21761@doug.cae.wisc.edu>
- Sender: Hi Ho Silver (Your Most Intoxicating Fantasy)
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- Sayeth drews@engr.wisc.edu (James Drews):
- $Quick question for all you out there. We are considering useing BURST
- $mode IPX on our network and I had a few questions:
-
- Actually, burst mode does nothing to IPX; it works one level higher,
- at the NCP level. It happens that NCP uses IPX as its transport
- mechanism, but IPX itself is unaffected.
-
- $ 1) what kind of performance increase can I expect?
-
- It depends on your network. On our Ethernet, I find 30-50%, depending
- on the network card and the speed of the machine in question. I have not
- had a chance to try it on other topologies, and I've heard that if you're
- running Arcnet with TRXNET, you won't see a difference.
-
- $ 2) what problems have people had using the PBURST.NLM/BNETX?
-
- BNETX 3.26 is not compatible with Windows, despite the fact that
- it ships as part of the DOS/Windows Workstation Kit. BNETX 3.31
- is quite stable, in my experience.
-
- PBURST 1.00 seems to work fine for me. PBURST 2.00 requires that
- you add an additional SET parameter to your AUTOEXEC.NCF if you're not
- using packet signing. It is reported to clash with some NetWare patches;
- don't ask me which ones.
-
- $ 3) If I were to decide to use the burst mode, where/what do I need
- $ to do to get the NLM?
-
- It's on Compu$erve, in NOVFILES, under DOSUP6.ZIP. I don't know if
- it's legal to simply grab a copy from there, or if you're required to
- buy the Workstation Kit and then grab an upgrade.
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