[Sunhelp] Slow TFTP with NCD 19R xterminal?

Bill Bradford mrbill at mrbill.net
Mon Nov 1 11:32:19 CST 1999


On Mon, Nov 01, 1999 at 07:12:38AM -0800, Gregory Leblanc wrote:
> I thought TFTP was designed for non-reliable, low overhead data transfers?
> Why is it acking packets on a reliable network, where speed is important?  I
> thought TFTP didn't ack anything, although it looks like I'm mistaken.  
> Next comment/question:  What do the switch/NIC lights look like durring this
> transfer(you should have plenty of time to look)?  Do they bink just every
> 3-4 seconds, or constantly?
> 	Greg

Just every 3-4 seconds..

Bill

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