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Subject:    Summary:2100/500 Standard I/O Ethernet Interface
From:       embich () lvc ! edu (Russ Embich)
Date:       1995-01-30 22:12:31
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Thanks to: jrh@chcrv1.chcr.brown.edu

>This may not be releavnt, but in setting up a PC LAN we found that the VAX
>4000/90s and an AXP 2000/300 both generated a lot of network errors when
>running with PCs; after some consultation with DEC, it seems that their
>network baords can run at "full" ethernet speeds, and if the PC has a
>pipeline quota over one, it has to be able to accept back-to-back incoming
>packets.  Needless to say, most can't.  If your Mac is sending ICMP packets
>out and taking requests back, and the CPU can generate responses faster than
>they can be transmitted (so there's a queue waiting for transmission), but
>the Mac can't handle 100% ethernet bandwith utilization, that could easily
>lead to the errors...
 
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