[geeks] Common IP lease?

[Gregory Leblanc]

On Tue, 2002-04-02 at 17:51, Peter L. Wargo wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, Greg A. Woods wrote:
> 
> > > why do you need a CD?  download the install floppies and install using FTP
> > > directly from netbsd.org.  you've got cable, it would be fast.
> > 
> > possibly even faster than a 1x CD!  :-)
> 
> Yeah, true.  I think.  Let's see, if 10 megabits would give you approx. 1
> megabyte/sec (give or take), then that's (roughly) 102.4 Kbytes/sec per
> megabit.  So, if a 1x CD has a 150Kbyes/sec transfer rate, then 1.5
> megabits would do it, no?

Yeah, assuming a real 1.5 mbit, after waste to TCP/IP headers and such. 
Quite a bit faster than my DSL can deliver, especially since my sparcs
all work with my 4x pioneer 6-disc changer.  

> Well within the reach of a cable modem, I would think.
> 
> 9Hell, if I can work from home and mount NFS over a VPN, (I get about
> 56Kbyes/sec or so), then installing from the net should be comfortable.

That's pretty decent, I'm hoping to do that well for a netbooted install
of NetBSD onto my SS2 tonight.  
	Greg

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