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- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Path: FreeNet.Carleton.CA!an171
- From: an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Anthony Hill)
- Subject: Re: What is Hardware RTS/CTS Flow Control ?
- Message-ID: <DKtzyD.3pM@freenet.carleton.ca>
- Sender: an171@freenet2.carleton.ca (Anthony Hill)
- Reply-To: an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Anthony Hill)
- Organization: The National Capital FreeNet
- References: <cmuxdv1.7.000FC5A1@primenet.com>
- Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 22:03:49 GMT
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-
- Jasmine Sanghvi (cmuxdv1@primenet.com) writes:
- > Hello:
- >
- > I have a few doubts about "Hardware RTS/CTS flow control".
- >
- > (1) Does this flow control happen only between the DTE and the DCE (modem) ?
-
- Yup. RTS is flow control for data coming from the DCE (modem) to
- the DTE (computer). CTS is the other way.
-
- > (2) if on one of the ends I had DTE rate slower than the connect rate would
- > the modem internally buffer the data ?
-
- To some extent yes, although this is really what flow control is
- for. RTS isn't used too much, because you're modem only sends out data at
- the DTE rate that it's set at, which is the same as the DTE rate that your
- actualy terminal is set at, but CTS is quite another question. When
- you're uploading, your terminal sends data as fast as it can though the
- serial port. The modem then stores this data in it's buffer (usualy about
- 1.5k or 2k) and sends it over the line as fast as it can. But when this
- buffer starts getting a bit full, the modem lowers CTS to stop the
- terminal from sending data.
-
- > (3) Is there any flow control happening between the modems ?
-
- Yes. Older modems just used Xon/Xoff flow control, but modern
- modems use a form of flow control as part of their error control protocols
- (eg LAP-M or MNP4). This is mainly used when transfering uncompressed
- files when the DTE of the sending terminal is higher then the DTE of the
- recieving terminal.
-
- Anthony
-
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- Anthony Hill | an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA
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