rn/nntp on unixpc?

[Dave Arnold]

In article <293 at jhunix.JHU.EDU>, ecf_hap at jhunix.JHU.EDU (Andrew Poling) writes:
> 
> BTW- a tip for anyone putting a unixpc on ethernet: don't put it on a DELNI.
> I can only testify for the DEC variety, but any multi-port-transciever-type

Hmmmm.  A DELNI a multi-port-transciver?  Sort of.

> box will probably give you headaches.  The ethernet card for the unixpc
> doesn't seem to handle collisions well,

Huh?  How does it work then?

> Every time someone on the DELNI
> sends a packet, the DELNI sends a collision to the other devices

er, ah... Beg pardon, sending a collision doesn't really make any
sense... But "asserting carrier" would.  However, asserting carrier
is how any ethernet transceiver should work.

> The symptoms are
> short-packets on the cable, and terrible performance from the ethernet
> interface (telnet, for instance, is no longer preferable to that 1200-baud
> modem).  I also had problems with connections that didn't die becauses the
> final packets were short, and therefore never received properly.

Hmmmmm.  Packets not received because they are too short.
Okay everybody, stop sending short packets!

> shows the potential shortcomings of datagrams.  'Nuff said.

Sorry Andy, I couldn't resist.
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