Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Subject: RE: MS offers "Services For Unix" free of charge Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 11:16:06 -0500 Message-ID: <3D848382FB72E249812901444C6BDB1D022F478C@exchange.timesys.com> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: From: "Robb, Sam" To: X-IsSubscribed: yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id i0FGLYRD009238 > With carrier pigeon 1.0, the beak is so small you have to > dis-assemble/re-assemble the IP packets. > > Carrier pigeon 2.0 has a bigger beak and can hold a full packet. > > Unfortunately the evolutionary process is goin slow. Maybe within a > couple of millenium. > > Have you thought about using IP-over-turkey instead? > > It is slower and not very sexy, but with the bigger beak, you can get > better bandwidth. > > Greg We've been using IP-over-pelican. No problems with packet size, excellent bandwidth, and it's eliminated my need for a weekly trip to the local sushi bar. -Samrobb -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/