Re: [Sheflug] [OT, slightly] Parallel port network interfaces?

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <nospam [at] sk.tsukuba.ac.jp>]

>>>>> "Chris" == Chris J/#6 <sixie [at] nccnet.co.uk> writes:

    Chris> If anyone knows what can cause a burst of packets for about
    Chris> 20kb (this is on an FTP transfer), a then pause for a
    Chris> couple of minutes, another 20kb burst and so on and so on,
    Chris> let me know...at least I can increase the packet rate and
    Chris> decrease the delay when I switch all compression off...

Whatever is reporting the transfer is stuffing the data in a buffer,
then waiting until the buffer is empty, reporting the whole transfer
as if it was instantaneous, and then repeating.


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