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Started by sco... B. Scott Bilas
Tue, 18 Jan 1994 01:15
Purely curious -- network packet collision q
Author: sco... B. Scott Bilas
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 1994 01:15
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 1994 01:15
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My roommate and I are hooked into our university's network via the twisted pair outlet in our dorm room. Since we only have one outlet they gave us a passive splitter. When playing Doom we get some periodic (every few minutes) lockups. The game freezes for a few seconds then continues fine. It's purely a _minor_ annoyance, no big deal, but I'm curious as to what would be causing this. Other people on the floor don't experience this...but then we're all linked with a star LAN active splitter... Are my roommate's and my packets colliding? And is this due to the broadcasting (i.e. will directed packets solve the problem)? I don't know a hell of a lot about LANs! ___________________________________________________________________ Scott Bilas | Beware of Wild Bill and his SPA Nazis! Terris Engineering Company | sco...@iastate.edu
Re: Purely curious -- network packet collision q
Author: mke...
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 1994 23:40
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 1994 23:40
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In article <scottb.25...@iastate.edu>, sco...@iastate.edu (B. Scott Bilas) writes: |> My roommate and I are hooked into our university's network via the twisted |> pair outlet in our dorm room. Since we only have one outlet they gave us a |> passive splitter. When playing Doom we get some periodic (every few minutes) |> lockups. The game freezes for a few seconds then continues fine. It's purely |> a _minor_ annoyance, no big deal, but I'm curious as to what would be causing |> this. Other people on the floor don't experience this...but then we're all |> linked with a star LAN active splitter... Are my roommate's and my packets |> colliding? And is this due to the broadcasting (i.e. will directed packets |> solve the problem)? I don't know a hell of a lot about LANs! |> |> |> ___________________________________________________________________ |> Scott Bilas | Beware of Wild Bill and his SPA Nazis! |> Terris Engineering Company | sco...@iastate.edu I recently installed DOOM on some PC's using the Western Digital 8003e networking cards with the drivers originally packaged with DOOMSER.ARJ (the functional but dog slow networking drivers) and I had no problems getting it to network whatsoever. Even though I do not load any TCP/IP drivers (though the machines are still physically networked) the machines will occasionally pause for a second or two, so don't be surprised! -Michael How about DOOM for the Enhanced Apple //e (DHR - 1Mb of memory - 20mb HD)
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