Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 19:03:52 +0000 (GMT) From: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> To: Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> Cc: Dru <genisis@istar.ca>, ong1s@cmich.edu, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3.4 kernel, ppp -auto shutdown Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001031901350.37296-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <386FAD2E.9827B64A@3-cities.com>
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On Sun, 2 Jan 2000, Kent Stewart wrote: > >Actually, you should set it faster than that. In order to fully do the >v42.bis compression, you need a rate that is ~4x your connect rate. At >56kb, that would be 230,400 but most systems have 115,200 as a divisor >of 1 for the uart and they won't go that high. If you have a slow >system, it may not be able to support sio at 115200 and you could have >to drop it until everything is reliable. He may need to specify >rts/cts buffering. It seems like the system defaults to everything >proper except the speed of 115200. I have a 56K PCMCIA modem card in my laptop, and that speed statement was the cause of all my dropped connection woes. Once i changed it to 57600, everything worked fine. My connection has been solid as a rock since then. -=> jm <=- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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