From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 8.0 \(1990.1\)) From: Anthony Sorace In-Reply-To: <22d498b89c3b4d2e50c1c5cc0e9d72c0@lilly.quanstro.net> Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 13:43:51 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <536D0D14-3391-426A-930F-2B92FFD734DB@9srv.net> References: <7f11f16bfdb01c0041b0397a1cea04c5@proxima.alt.za> <7dc7cfb35a012dedc41828d03d5cdff3@lilly.quanstro.net> <4CB999B4-E9C6-4A74-B849-4003DD3D23D1@9srv.net> <22d498b89c3b4d2e50c1c5cc0e9d72c0@lilly.quanstro.net> To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Subject: Re: [9fans] running plan9 : an ideal setup? Topicbox-Message-UUID: 2cf7ba8a-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Both. I agree with what you're saying about the computers, but I was = thinking of the fact that the wire speed is fast enough in most cases = that the tcp/ip overhead doesn't impact things noticeably for most uses. = There are outliers in both cases, of course. > On Nov 20, 2014, at 9:37 , erik quanstrom = wrote: >=20 > On Thu Nov 20 01:02:53 EST 2014, a@9srv.net wrote: >> I can't speak for Erik's cec-as-nonet setup specifically, but I've = wanted nonet (or an equivalent) many, many times. Networks are fast = enough that tcp/ip overhead isn't really something that hurts in most = cases, but it does exist. >=20 > anthony, i'm sure your fingers just got crossed up, but i think you = ment > computers are fast enough that the overhead doesn't matter. >=20 > - erik