Re: I-NET slow in connecting

John Morris writes: > A couple of days ago I received an evaluation copy of Informix I-NET for both > my ATT 3B2 and 6386 both running ATT SysV, the former 3.2.3 and the latter > 4.0. I've got the software working fine but it runs extremely slow. That is > the time it takes to connect to the remote machine is approx. 30 seconds, but > after it connects the actual query and return of results is very quick > (approx. 1 sec.). > This is ver 4.1 of Informix any the slow connect is verifible by using ISQL > and selecting a database and then a table. > > Does anyone have any experience using I-NET on a TCP/IP network? We just began playing with I-NET 4.1 on a DOS 386 (by Gateway) within the last couple of weeks. We're using I-Star with Online (both 4.1) on the host (HP 9000/827). At first we were quite disappointed with the performance of ISQL. We had created a default form and noticed very slow "next" and "previous" through the records of the query. We later discovered that the protected mode version of ISQL (pisql instead of just isql) was much faster. As far as slow connect, I have noticed that it seems to vary for us depending on the overall network load, how the DBPATH variable is set at the PC (we have 3 or 4 engines on two different HPs) and probably other less identifiable factors. I did notice that setting up the DBPATH variable for all available engines seemed to slow down the connect time for us. Hope some of this is useful.... -- Bryan Klopfenstein try: bryan@cinnet.com CARS Information Systems, Inc. or: uunet!uceng!cinnet!carsinfo!bryan Cincinnati, OH better: usr10300@tso.uc.edu Usual disclaimers apply.