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From: luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it (Luigi Rizzo)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: xaps over ppp connection (Q)
Date: 14 Oct 1996 07:54:34 GMT
Organization: Dip. di Ingegneria dell'Informazione, Univ. di Pisa
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References: <325CF4EC.57A3@foto.infi.net> <53jgb8$rk8@prometheus.acsu.buffalo.edu> <53ji49$dd9@usenet.bridge.com> <53jt8g$429@flash.noc.best.net>
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In article <53jt8g$429@flash.noc.best.net>, dillon@best.com (Matthew Dillon) writes:
|> 
|>     It *does* work... I often run X-apps over my 28.8 link, but only when
|>     I have to.  It is definitely not something I would consider *fun*,
|>     though!

Those who want to try out what is a decent speed for running X apps, can
fetch my "dummynet" stuff from my home page. It is some kernel code
which allows you to set BW&delay of your network connections, so you
can check how things without having to use real comm lines.

	Luigi
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Luigi Rizzo                     Dip. di Ingegneria dell'Informazione
email: luigi@iet.unipi.it       Universita' di Pisa
tel: +39-50-568533              via Diotisalvi 2, 56126 PISA (Italy)
fax: +39-50-568522              http://www.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/
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