"BIXBY,MARK (HP-Cupertino,ex1)" wrote:

> Because my DSL connection is "slow" compared to the network connection of
> the Samba server, the MPE TCP stack would eventually time out waiting for an
> ACK, pause according to the exponential backoff algorithm, then try to
> resend the un-ACKed packet.  These retry pauses quickly double to rather
> large amounts of time that greatly exceed what is needed to retransmit over
> "modern" TCP networks, thus the remote client ends up experiencing large
> delays waiting for retried packets.  For greater detail about this, see the
> HP3000-L archives for numerous postings from James Hofmeister.

i believe james is stuck under a pumpkin....so i suggest folks take a look at a
page from the 'gospel according to james' at:
<http://raven.utc.edu/cgi-bin/WA.EXE?A2=ind0112A&L=hp3000-l&P=R49>

you gotta read the whole thing like a love letter.  i think you'll find that
(st.?) james agrees with (st.?) mark.           - d

(maybe we can get the vatican thread going after all :-)

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