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- From: larry@gator.use.com (Larry Snyder)
- Subject: Re: Anyone out there successfully get a 14.4K modem running on a Sun?
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- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 15:15:28 GMT
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- bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield) writes:
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- >Using the WorldBlazers' V.32bis carrier, you'll see FTP throughput
- >around 2.4 Kbytes/sec for /vmunix, or 2.8 Kbytes/sec for text files (I
- >use 5 concatenated copies of /usr/dict/words). Text files go faster
- >because they're more susceptible to in-modem V.42bis data compression.
- >An 8-byte ICMP ping packet shows a minimum round-trip time around
- >240ms, and a single-character telnet packet shows a minimum round-trip
- >time around 150ms.
-
- Have you played with other modems like the USR Courier v.32bis modems?
- Folks (including myself) have found a reduced latency with these modems
- improving interactive throughput.
-
- Do you suggest MNP enabled on SLIP v.32bis lines -- or just v.32bis
- and v.42bis?
-
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