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From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD as a router
To: dennis@et.htp.com (dennis)
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 1995 09:06:14 -0700 (PDT)
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In-Reply-To: <199506251559.LAA26654@mail.htp.com> from "dennis" at Jun 25, 95 11:59:38 am
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> >Here is the funny shaped conical hat, please go think about what you
> >said for a while <:-).
> >
> I love this "I can demonstrate" stuff. Try the hat on yourself. To get from
> a to b to c requires 2 transmission times at 10mbs (because you have to wait
> for the full frame to arrive, which was what we were talking about) , which
> means that net throughput cannot be greater than 50% of 10mbs.
> 

Why shouldn't I be able to receive the next frame while transmitting the 
first one ?

Recv Frame 1  Recv Frame 2  Recv Frame 3
------------> ------------> ------------>
	      Send Frame 1  Send Frame 2 ...

Here is yet a funny shaped conical hat, please go think about what you
said for a while <<:-).

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Just that: dried leaves in boiling water ?