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SubjectRe: 2.0.6 Networking strangeness
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On Sun, 14 Jul 1996, Matthias Urlichs wrote:

> On 13 Jul 1996, Christoph Lameter wrote:
>
> > ping hur -> miriam 0.6-1.1msec
>
> Cannot happen.
>
> A ping packet is 56 bytes long or so, usually. For 40 bytes to be
> transmitted in 500 usec, you need almost 1 Mbit/sec. Somehow, I doubt that
> your PPP link is _that_ fast.

Eh? He said msec, not usec. He's more in the <1kbps range.

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