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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.networking:9964 comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip:12838 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:3509 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!malgudi.oar.net!news.erinet.com!bug.rahul.net!a2i!bjork.a2i!bjork From: Steven Bjork <bjork@rahul.net> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Ethernet as a limitation, was Re: Internet service providing-which OS? Date: 23 Jul 1995 23:39:07 GMT Organization: a2i network Lines: 16 Distribution: best Message-ID: <3uumir$k96@bug.rahul.net> References: <3ue5qa$ain@panix.com> <3upmq7$11f@agate.berkeley.edu> <3urba1$cgl@blob.best.net> <3us870$15o@agate.berkeley.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: foxtrot.rahul.net NNTP-Posting-User: bjork Summary: ethernet as a limitation In article <3us870$15o@agate.berkeley.edu>, Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@violet.berkeley.edu> wrote: >In article <3urba1$cgl@blob.best.net>, Matt Dillon <dillon@best.com> wrote: >> Gentlemen. If I remember correctly, ftp.cdrom.com is sitting on >> a BARRNET T3 backbone and, on average, pulls about 6 MBytes / sec >It's on the T3 backbone, but is connected to same via a 10mb/sec ethernet >connection which it pretty much maxes out. 1 T1 = 1.54 Mb, yes? So >saying that 10Mb = 7 T1s is not that poor of an approximation. So 10m bit/sec ethernet is a *limitation* !! Time for some 100 base T, no? ../Steven