TCPIP significantly slower than IPX

(Last modified: 09Oct2002)

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fact

Novell Client 4.6 SP2 for Windows NT

Novell NetWare 5.0

Novell Client 3.1 for Windows 95/98

NetWare 5.1

symptom

TCPIP significantly slower than IPX

Performance problems since upgrading to Pure IP

cause

An intermediate device is dropping packets.  IPX survives this because it is connectionless.  IP is slower because it is connection-oriented and does not continue processing packets until the unreceived packets have been retransmitted.

fix

Make sure the card, driver, hardware and all intermediate devices are functioning properly.  Be careful that there is not a mismatch between half and full duplex.  See Half or Full Duplex for more information.

document

Document Title:	TCPIP significantly slower than IPX
Document ID:	10016506
Solution ID:	1.0.9421090.2319182
Creation Date:	13Sep1999
Modified Date:	09Oct2002
Novell Product Class:	NetWare

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