Summary:
Thanks to: jrh_at_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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Received on Mon Jan 30 1995 - 17:13:00 NZDT