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In article <1991Aug29.134749.5982@ctr.columbia.edu> bill@connection.prospect.com (Bill Poitras) writes:
> In article <1991Aug29.041708.29784@unislc.uucp> martin@unislc.UUCP (Martin Cryer,D1Z01,5754) writes:
> >I think you are asking too much of a timesharing O/S even with an EISA
> >PC to get sustained 6Mbytes/s. If you only want it for bursts, you
> >may have better luck.
> 
> Are you kidding?  I have seen 100Mbytes/s when ftping a file to a PS/2
> running AIX with a ESDI controller and 16 bit ethernet controller.  I can
> consitently get 20Mbytes/s.  Hell, I can get 11Mbytes/s sometimes to a PC
> running DOS.  This is a ISA machine with a 16bit RLL controller.  I don't
> see your problem.
> 
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Am I missing something here?  Isn't Ethernet a 10Mb/sec network?  How,
exactly, does one one 100Mbytes/sec over a medium that only supports
10Mb/sec?  Or are you using FDDI?  Or maybe I have no clue?


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