Re: [netatalk-admins] 8.5 and netatalk+asun [RTFM]


Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] 8.5 and netatalk+asun [RTFM]
From: William R. Dickson (wrd@awenet.com)
Date: Fri Oct 23 1998 - 01:54:13 EDT


At 10:43 PM -0700 10/22/98, Harry Zink wrote:
>>I'm seeing no net gain.
>>
>>Same speed as 8.1.
>
>a) you will not see any significant speed gains if your network is 10
>base-T.
>b) 8.5's network speed gains are mostly apparent when using IP
>connections under 100 base-T
>c) This is clearly stated in many of the write-ups and reviews of 8.5.

I actually see some pretty darn significant speed gains, not only over my
10baseT network but, in fact, when doing AppleShare transfers to my
netatalk server over a 128K ISDN link -- especially when copying many small
files.

Dunno why. I didn't expect it.

-Bill

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