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- From: rparker@brazosport.cc.tx.us (Ron Parker)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: 28.8 modem x 2 = 57.6k????
- Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 19:04:09 GMT
- Organization: Brazosport College
- Message-ID: <4ej61p$c0d@tofu.alt.net>
- References: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960110125731.6629A-100000@mike.netrom.com> <4dc0gi$2f8@iii2.iii.net> <4dgdck$22t@saturn.tlug.org> <4djuqb$rk3@hermes.oc.com> <4dmkp8$fds@usenety1.news.prodigy.com>
- Reply-To: rparker@brazosport.cc.tx.us
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- davidsen@tmr.com (bill davidsen) wrote:
-
- >In article <4djuqb$rk3@hermes.oc.com>,
- >Dimitri Prado <dprado@fastlane.com.br> wrote:
-
- >| a 56K line is sync while your 2 x 28K is async plus I would think you
- >| get twice the protocol overhead on a twin slip line (not sure about
- >| this last statement).
-
- >Nope. 28.8k is the speed between modems. Using V.42 error correction
- >the link is run sync with some slight overhead. Figure 8.3 bits/byte
- >as a rule of thumb. As long as the DTE is run at a high speed with
- >flow control, say 38.4k or faster, no problem getting 3450 cps out
- >of the DTE end.
-
- >And no, overhead for dual modem connections is about the same as
- >single, since it's per packet and the number of packets doesn't
- >change.
- >--
- > -bill davidsen (davidsen@tmr.com)
- >"Anarchy does not scale well." -Dave Welch
-
- Sorry, I think I missed the beginning of this. Are you talking about
- running simultaneous PPP connections over two modems on the same
- computer?
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- Ron Parker - Brazosport College, Lake Jackson, Texas
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