From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 14 11:46:11 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id LAA19134 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 14 Jan 1996 11:46:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA19119 for ; Sun, 14 Jan 1996 11:45:57 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id LAA04821; Sun, 14 Jan 1996 11:47:17 -0800 Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 11:47:16 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Samy Touati cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: delays in ppp In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 14 Jan 1996, Samy Touati wrote: > I'm running 2.1 on a 486 PC, and I configured ppp to connect to my host > provider. The connection is made successfully but there are delays > in displaying what I'm typing , as if there is a buffer that gets emptied > every 5 or 6 seconds. Did you check this by calling directly? I think the system may have just been busy (I've been on computers like this). > I'm using a 14.4 modem and I tried to change the mtu/mru to 296 without > any amelioration.. When I use netdcape it seems to be faster, but it > becomes unusable in terminal mode (in an xterm). > What should I look for? Disabling compression on the modem, perhaps? > Thanks. > > > PS: I'm using crtscts and passive in myy options file. I don't know about passive. Hardware handshaking yes. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major