[Info-vax] Accuweather new contract

[JF Mezei]

On 15-03-29 23:25, Kerry Main wrote:
>
> The autoconfig issue is well known and has in various environments
> impacted VAX, Alpha & Integrity. I have seen it first hand in a number
> of different sites.

My alpha was NOT on autoconfg. port forced to 100mbps full both on alpha
and on switch.

My mac is set to have autoconfig on port.

Mac was able to significantly outperform the Alpha for FTP transfer over
the same DSL line.

I do not know when the last time engineering actually worked on the TCP
login in the IP stack (windowing acks etc).  And I do not know if double
buffering really makes such a huge difference.

Since my DSL speeds are slower than the original 10mbps ethernet, you'd
think even a DSL10L would have enough CPU "umph!" to handle double
buffering fast enough that it wouldn't slow the link down. (at 100mbps
or 1gbps it probably makes a difference).