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Article #191Re: Can NFS over FDDI work properly?
From: James B. VanBokkelen
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 11:19
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 11:19
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In article <1992Sep26.114942.15941@nuscc.nus.sg> iscyeoak@nuscc.nus.sg (YEO ANN KIAN) writes:
It certainly looks like the 3com bridge is dropping packets
and it is very likely that, as vjs@sgi.com has pointed out,
the bridge is not fast enough to fragment IP packets:
ie to break a 4325-byte fragment to several 1500-byte fragments.
By definition, something that fragments IP packets is an "IP Router", not
A "bridge". Furthermore, if a mixed-media "bridge" does grow enough smarts
to cope with translating IP between FDDI and Ethernet (or 802.5 and Ether),
this wouldn't suffice for DECNet or Netware. If the Sirius Cybernetics
corporation actually existed, it would certainly be building mixed-media
"bridges"...
James B. VanBokkelen 2 High St., North Andover, MA 01845
FTP Software Inc. voice: (508) 685-4000 fax: (508) 794-4488
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