[comp.protocols.tcp-ip] streams based vs character based tcp/ip on UNIX

wingo@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM (Dave Wingo) (06/06/88)

Has anyone compared the character based tcp/ip vs the streams based tcp/ip
for UNIX. Does one out perform the other? Is one larger than the other?

Thanks for your comments and responses in advance.

mja@TWG.COM (Mike Anello) (06/09/88)

We have seen a 40% increase in performance on our streams based tcp/ip
over our character based tcp/ip. The size 
I don't have the information about the size of our character product handy,
but our streams product kernel is approx 70k. Hope this is useful.

Mike Anello
Manager, Streams Development
Wollongong - Palo Alto