Date   : Fri, 29 Jul 2005 20:30:38 +0100
From   : Chris Johns <chris@...>
Subject: Re: Econet-Ethernet bridge

> Yes, but you can't start doing flag fill in the middle of a frame.  Once
> the sending station starts transmitting the data, the bridge doesn't
> have any opportunity to throttle that flow.  If it can't unload the data
> on the other network quickly enough, and it doesn't have enough space to
> buffer the packet, it will have to drop it on the floor. 

Ah.. yes, that would make sense.

The SJ manual suggests it gets the whole packet into the RAM then send
it back out on the other side. I wouldn't be suprised it it did just
drop any packets that were too big for the buffer.
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Chris Johns <chris@...             >