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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!netcomsv!netcom.com!jantypas From: jantypas@netcom.com (John Antypas) Subject: Maximum flow rate on a socket Message-ID: <jantypasCJzv6n.CvJ@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest) Date: Fri, 21 Jan 1994 19:23:10 GMT Lines: 12 Just curious - According to BSD internals data, a socket has a flow control limit up to 56Kbytes. If I interpret this correctly, then a single socket can push at most, 56 per timer period. For networks at the time, this was fine. For high-speed nets like T-3 links or HIPPI (sp?), does this limit impose a performnce limit on the link or have changes been made to BSD to change this limit. -- John Antypas / 21st Century Software Walnut Creek CA jantypas@soft21.s21.com