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. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.125.88.221 (talk) 10:50, 25 January 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I added an allusion to this in the article. Noel (talk) 18:02, 12 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Whitehorn TFTP Server

I removed the link to Whitehorn TFTP Server, as added by 66.222.145.3 (contribs), since 1) I don't find that it's an important program, and 2) the user's been littering Wikipedia with links to his/her site. My edit was reverted by 198.53.135.74, apparently the same person.

My question: Does anyone else find this link to be appropriate? - Kwi | Talk 10:35, August 28, 2005 (UTC)

To Kwi: I do. It is a nice software. I adopted it after finding it here. The other thing is that Solarwinds tftp doesn't work well for large files. it keeps on breaking. it is free, has good documentation. so i think it should stay here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 136.159.78.18 (talk) 23:17, 8 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Changes from RFC 783 to RFC 1350

The minor content differences between RFC-783 and RFC-1350 (mostly the SAS fix, along with a couple of typos) are available at Talk:Trivial File Transfer Protocol/783 1350 diff; reformatting at the RFC Editor makes it hard to compare the versions now available online directly. Noel (talk) 18:02, 12 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]