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From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Modem woes (intermittent connects)
Date: 9 Oct 1994 19:17:39 GMT
Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman  Montana
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References: <mldCxBIz5.2x7@netcom.com> <kientzleCxBK9n.BtC@netcom.com> <mldCxDJ8G.GsH@netcom.com>
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In article <mldCxDJ8G.GsH@netcom.com>, Matthew Deter <mld@netcom.com> wrote:
>kientzle@netcom.com wrote:
>I also have noticed that using sp#38400 in the gettytab entry (i.e.
>16550 to modem locked at 38.4k) produces problems.  Switching back to
>19200 solves some of my problems.  (I was having connect trouble from
>another USR at 14.4 when the port was locked at 38.4k.)  Are there
>known bugs in the sio drivers for going this fast?  Both machines have
>550 UARTS, both are 486's, and both are unloaded at the time of
>testing...

What kind of handshaking are you using on your modems?  It doesn't
matter how fast the UARTS will go if the computer doesn't have flow
control turned on correctly.


Nate
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