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- From: mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst)
- Subject: Re: 14400 modems and 16550 UARTS (Problem with higher trfr speeds)
- Message-ID: <Bxsnqn.B6z@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 05:39:59 GMT
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- References: <1e715fINN739@aludra.usc.edu>
- Organization: The Programmer's Pit Stop, Ann Arbor MI
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- In article <1e715fINN739@aludra.usc.edu> gartrell@usc.edu (Fred Gartrell) writes:
- >I just purchased a secondary I/O card that has the 16550 UART installed
- >on it. I have been using a 16450 UART for several months now and wanted
- >to speed up my file transfers.
-
- Were you having problems before with lowered throughput due to dropped
- incoming characters? If not, then the buffers on a 16550 UART will do
- absolutely nothing to increase your transfer speed.
-
- What speed are you running your serial port at? What kind of
- connection do you have (V.32, V.32bis, etc.)? Are you using MNP4 or
- V.42? How about MNP5 or V.42bis? What protocol are you using? What
- kind of computer do you have? What kind of computer is at the other
- end? Are other people dialing in with V.32bis modems able to get
- higher transfer rates? If so, what are they doing differently?
-
- >923 CPS, the max speed I received with the 16450. Must I try different
- >protocols, change modem settings, become a communications expert, throw
- >the new I/O card away.
-
- The first two are good suggestions. Becoming a communications expert
- is not really necessary, but certainly a good thing; modern V.32bis
- modems are considerably more complex than V.22bis modems, and require
- a corresponding increase in understanding. Throwing the I/O card away
- may not necessarily help you much, but realize that if your problems
- aren't related to dropping incoming characters, a buffered UART will
- do very little to help you out.
-
- --
- Marc Unangst, N8VRH | "There are two ways to solve this problem:
- mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us | the hard way, and the easy way. Let's start
- | with the hard way."
- | - W. Scheider, from a Physics lecture
-