On Mon, Sep 16, 2002 at 10:36:47PM -0700, Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote:
| I have been following the thread with interest. I decided to do a
| test my LAN here while my bride was playing a game on her computer.
| I started a ping -f session on her box with my Linux laptop, then
| started another one from my Linux desktop box. I didn't realize it
| would hamper her computer, but the computer actually stopped
| responding to her simple Mahjongg game!
Yep. It's really amusing to do that to my younger brother when he is
playing games when he shouldn't be on my dad's win98 system.
| It really seems odd.
Huh? It's windows, for crying out loud. It can't handle any real
stress.
| I can do the same thing to the old Linux gateway/firewall p75 with
| 32Mb RAM without any noticeable slow down.
Of course. The system has a decent (efficient, robust, etc) TCP/IP
stack and plenty of bandwidth to ECHO the ECHO_REQUESTS.
| Guess it's time to try it on a win-xp box. . . . <shrug>
Sure. I suspect that an NT-based system will respond better than a 9x
system, but I wouldn't put my expectations too high :-).
-D
--
Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
but those who hope in the Lord
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.
Isaiah 40:31
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