Maximizing Performance with the Packet Burst Protocol and Large Internet Packet Protocol

NetWare Link/PPP data compression works best when a constant supply of transmitted data is available at the interface. This maximizes the replacement of data sequences with more compact sequences. Therefore, when using IPX with NetWare Link/PPP data compression, you should also use the IPX Packet Burst protocol and the Large Internet Packet (LIP) protocol.

The Packet Burst protocol enhances IPX by allowing larger data transactions, composed of multiple IPX packets, to be transmitted as a single burst (or logical operation). Acknowledgments are issued for the complete burst rather than for individual IPX packets. The Packet Burst and LIP protocols are included in the NetWare 3.12 and NetWare 4^TM operating systems. LIP and Packet Burst are enabled separately on IPX clients.

Packet Burst protocol support is provided for IPX client workstations by the latest version of the Virtual Loadable Module^TM (VLM^TM ) software update. Refer to this update for instructions on how to configure the protocols.