[HECnet] Why does FAL generate this many reply packets?

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2013-12-18 23:05, Sampsa Laine wrote:
I'm copying some files over from CHIMPY to RFSAXP and did a MONITOR DECNET in another window and got these rather strage results:


				CUR 	    AVE               MIN               MAX
Arriving Local Packet Rate           404.98         412.40         398.89         424.22
Departng Local Packet Rate           149.99         170.02         148.96         195.28

So I'm guessing FAL sends a BIG packet of data when transmitting a file, and the other side replies with multiple ACKs or something?

Is the local machine the one sending the file? It might be something with flow control, where the receiver acks, and then later sends an update that more data can be accepted maybe?
I don't know/recall enough of DECnet communications off the top of my head to properly commenet. :-)

	Johnny

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