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In article <9501181048.AA34185@MacRudy>, hagmann@ntb.ch (Rudy Hagmann) says:
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>We have a problem with TCP/IP routing, maybe someone out there knows the 
>solution.
>We are runing Novell V3.11 on a Novell-Server.
>We have two different network topologies:
>Ethernet and Token-Ring
>The Novell-Server is acting as a router. 
>It has an Ethernet- and a Tokenring-Card attached.
>IPX and TCP/IP are supported on each side of the router.
>If we run a TCP/IP application (e.g. SMTP Mail) on the Token-Ring side of the 
>net and someone is working with another Application (e.g. MS-Word) the 
>application becomes verry slow. 
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>If someone knows the answer please eMail --> hagmann@ntb.ch 
...

Token Ring <==> Ethernet routing takes an _INCREDIBLE_ amount of CPU!
I'm sure that this is a large factor, along with the heavy load Word or 
Excel can place on the CPU.

3.12 will help due to better routing, but the two best options are:
	1) Use only one topology.
	2) Use a hardware router.

Good Ruk!

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Odin J. Anderson
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