From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 23 17:25:47 1994 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id RAA29771 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 23 Dec 1994 17:25:47 -0800 Received: from Root.COM (implode.Root.COM [198.145.90.1]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with ESMTP id BAA29761 for ; Sat, 24 Dec 1994 01:25:38 GMT Received: from corbin.Root.COM (corbin.Root.COM [198.145.90.18]) by Root.COM (8.6.8/8.6.5) with ESMTP id RAA05437; Fri, 23 Dec 1994 17:25:19 -0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by corbin.Root.COM (8.6.9/8.6.5) with SMTP id RAA04709; Fri, 23 Dec 1994 17:25:19 -0800 Message-Id: <199412240125.RAA04709@corbin.Root.COM> X-Authentication-Warning: corbin.Root.COM: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: "Daniel Stephens (CSC)" cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PPP and SLIP are amazingly slow. In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 23 Dec 94 17:16:26 PST." <199412240116.RAA04677@corbin.Root.COM> From: David Greenman Reply-To: davidg@Root.COM Date: Fri, 23 Dec 1994 17:25:17 -0800 Sender: questions-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > The above times are a little on the slow side, but well within normal. The >reason they are longer than what you expect is because with v.42bis, the BTLZ >data compression takes a considerable amount of time. The exact amount of time >this takes varies depending on the modem but is usually on the order of 100ms >for that size of packet. There is additionally a delay that the modem I should have said "depending on the modems". Each modem adds about 50ms. -DG