On Fri, 17 Oct 1997, Matt Holdrege wrote: > At 03:41 AM 10/17/97 -0400, Jason Nealis wrote: > > > >Ouch.. Kevin? any word on this report? I believe the code that > >was on the TNT was 1.3ap6 pretty recent... Although they > >didn't say what revision the Modem cards were and the shelf controller > >was. > > Here's my 2 cents: > > First of all, Lanquest didn't say if the modems were V.34 or 56k. They did > basically a router test, not an Access Server test. They tested packet > sizes of 64K and 256K when most of our customers have average packets sizes > of 800K (for email and http.) > > There are a few other things I could criticize them on, but this whole > thing gets petty. There was a Tolly test on the TNT which was a network > access server based test. This test showed the TNT performing far better > than the Cisco/Lanquest test did. Was this Tolly test the TNT vs the 5300? or the 5200? > > Back when I was a customer, I never paid much attention to reports in trade > mags. They never seemed to be based in reality. I always recommend that > folks test the equipment in a real network doing the exact job that you > need it for. Agreed, These tests seem to favor who ever pays the most. I can say in regards to the TNT my users get better thoughput on them then on the Max's. The software just needs to be more stable. Jason > > Matt Holdrege - <A HREF="http://www.ascend.com">http://www.ascend.com</A> - matt@ascend.com > ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com To get FAQ'd: <<A HREF="http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq">http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq</A>> </PRE> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <HR> <STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A HREF="msg09780.html">Re: (ASCEND) Don't look so hot...</A></STRONG></LI> <UL> <LI><EM>From</EM>: Matt Holdrege <matt@ascend.com></LI> </UL> </UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <HR> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg09791.html">Re: (ASCEND) Problem with Downloading in Terminal Server Mode on MAX4048</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg09788.html">(ASCEND) Slowdown or hangup in Terminal Server mode</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg09780.html">Re: (ASCEND) Don't look so hot...</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg09805.html">Re: (ASCEND) Don't look so hot...</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="mail10.html#09790"><STRONG>Main</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thrd205.html#09790"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> </BODY> </HTML>