Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: >Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: > > >>A standard ethernet frame has to be 512 bits (64 bytes) long. This >>includes ethernet framing info, and I think the net payload is 46 bytes >>for a minimum packet. This is aside from any UDP/IP or TCP/IP >>addressing or protocol information. So you probably need at least 3 and >>maybe 4 packets of 64 bytes each >> >> >You're describing the smallest possible Ethernet packet. They can be >bigger than that. The Ethernet payload field can be anywhere from 46 to >1500 bytes long. > > Yes, I should have said "at least 512 bits".
My point was that if you need only 6 bytes to move between master and slave, you still have to send 64. I was trying to point out the lower bound on data size, which gives an upper bound on transmit duration. - Steve ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
