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Re: //gs LocalTalk Port
- Subject: Re: //gs LocalTalk Port
- From: !smentzer@ecom.net (Steve Mentzer)
- Date: 1998/07/01
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: Organization? What's that?
- References: <6ne3ri$lqt@bgtnsc01.worldnet.att.net> <S1ym1.2433$P8.9125601@ptah.visi.com>
>
> Port speed is 230 kiloBITS per second, async transmission mode. All
>information is passed around in packets, so you can subtract at least
>10% for protocol overhead, collisions, etc. Also, Appletalk is a
>'noisy' protocol like IPX where machines constantly announce their
>presence, which can induce extra load on a setup with many machines.
>[TCP/IP is quieter-- machines only talk when they're trying to deliver
>info]
>
Another noisy, yet incredibly popular protocol is NetBeui.
NetBeui is one way to bring a fast-e network to a crawl. Non routable,
broadcast technology... ick...