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Date:      Sun, 14 Jan 1996 11:47:16 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
To:        Samy Touati <lmcsato@lmc.ericsson.se>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: delays in ppp
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960114114539.4798B-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.Sola.3.91.960114014915.14590A-100000@chicago>

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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




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