Re: why my RH6.0 does not support PCI modem, modem info

[Alan Shutko <ats acm org>]

Reverend <statux bigfoot com> writes:

> This is also the reason why smaller packet sizes cause data to transfer
> faster.. but anything smaller than 572 bytes (or there abouts on most
> connections), is counter productive.

No, smaller packet sizes slow down transfers, because there are more
overhead bytes per file byte.  Smaller packet sizes, though, can
decrease telnet or web latency when there's a big transfer in the
background.

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