Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 10:56:05 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@cdsnet.net>, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Anyway to get connect speed with usermode ppp/tun0 device? Message-ID: <199709031656.KAA27641@rocky.mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <199709030659.QAA00291@word.smith.net.au> References: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970902223809.9029U-100000@mail.cdsnet.net> <199709030659.QAA00291@word.smith.net.au>
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> > No, the CONNECT string from when ppp parses up the output of the CHAT > > script... ie, connect 31200, v.34/ARQ, etc. > > Why do you want this number? It is fundamentally useless in a modern > modem environment. Consider retrain operations, fallback/fall-forward, > line hit density etc. Most 'cheaper' modems don't fall-forward (which includes about 99% of the modems in use today by folks), and it's far from useless. It gives you a pretty good 'guess' at how good the line quality is from you to the other side at connection time. With this information in hand, you can point to the customer and say "it ain't my problem your connection sucks so badly, it's the phone company's problem". Nate
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