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From: Joe Greco <jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com>
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Subject: Re: SLIP speed
To: proff@suburbia.net (Julian Assange)
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 08:27:47 -0500 (CDT)
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In-Reply-To: <199610181301.XAA27838@suburbia.net> from "Julian Assange" at Oct 18, 96 11:01:26 pm
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> > > Hackers,
> > > 
> > >      Could anybody tell me what is the minimum response time on an SLIP
> > > or PPP circuit in order to make TELNET works reliable?
> > 
> > Telnet should work fine over just about any reasonable IP connection.
> > 
> > You do want a RTT that is not very large.  I personally start to notice
> > it when the RTT is > 200ms or so... it just does not keep up very well
> > with my typing.
> > 
> > You could probably run SLIP at 2400 baud and get an okay IP connection,
> > but telnet would seem very doggy and slow.
> > 
> > ... JG
> 
> Line mode lives!

Does anybody care to try 300 or 110 baud IP?  :-)

... JG