Talk:Trivial File Transfer Protocol

Who's ever heard of a 'dumb terminal' that boots using tftp? All dumb terminals I've seen are so dumb they're completely incapable of independent network trafic, and have all the 'software' they need in ((E)E)PROM. (But I won't edit the article (yet) as maybe the person who wrote it knows more than me.) /Popup 13:52, 2004 Feb 12 (UTC)

It means diskless terminal, I think Morwen 13:55, Feb 12, 2004 (UTC)

Ok, I changed it to thin client. (And added port number) /Popup 09:28, 2004 Feb 13 (UTC)

bigger files, too

TFTP may have been originally intended for small file transfers, but when diskless booting for workstations became hot, very large files (many MBs) were being transferred. TFTP blocksize of 512 affected performance and so TFTP extensions in later RFCs allowed for larger blocksizes (via negotiation) which dramatically improved performance on networks that permitted large MTUs.