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]

The article states a 32MB limit - I've personally transferred files bigger than this, so I think it's wrong? --Commking 06:23, 19 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

TFTP uses a 2 byte block count (65000). Using a 512 block size results in about 32mb max. Using a larger block size increases the max size. (I think ???) Robneild 11:52, 19 December 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]