Network question

[Michael B. Brutman]

Warren Wolfe wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-12-31 at 15:33 -0600, Michael B. Brutman wrote:
> 
> 
>> In the case of a really old system like that, it doesn't matter what the 
>> network is - the network will never be the problem, unless I use bongos 
>> as the transport mechanism.
> 
> 
>     Keep it in historical context...  Bongos were a significant speed
> increase over smoke signals.
> 
>     Also, I note that you COULD have a slow network (10baseT) have an
> adverse effect upon your 1.5 Mbit (IIRC) broadband connection.  That
> could happen if the network is jammed with traffic, and the collision
> rate is such that the packets from the broadband can't get through in
> timely fashion.  In that case, increasing the network speed of the local
> machines would reduce the time they spent occupying the network.  Most
> times, it won't matter, granted, but it COULD slow you down.
> 
> 

The bongo reference was tongue in cheek - I was alluding to this:

The Bongo Project: TCP/IP via Primitive Communication
http://eagle.auc.ca/%7edreid/index.html


The point being that my slowest machines will never be able to saturate 
a 10Mbps Ethernet, or cause the collisions at the rate you allude to. 
My PCjr can do at best 40KB/sec over the Ethernet, quite a bit less if 
disk I/O is involved.

But you're welcome to try - the Jr is up and running.  :-)  (See my 
previous email about TCP/IP Testing help)



Mike