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- From: curt@teleport.com (Curt...)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Sportster ... rumors true?
- Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 04:58:10 GMT
- Organization: Teleport - Portland's Public Access (503) 220-1016
- Message-ID: <3175cba0.7098406@news.teleport.com>
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- kimmyd@bnr.ca (Kimmy Posey) wrote:
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- > I have been having serious problems connecting to our
- > terminal server at work using PPP. I have a Sporster 28.8
- > and posted about this in comp.os.linux.networking. After
- > receiving several responses suggesting that other folks
- > have experience problems with USR (and other Rockwell based
- > modems) I wondered if anyone here could shed some light on
- > the issue. One of the responders mentioned "spiraling death
- > syndrome" and after perusing the old articles here I'm not
- > sure if this is a myth or not. Actually my configuration
- > seems to work well under Win95 but under Linux (stable kernel)
- > I get strange behavior. Connects ok but get losts of lost
- > packets and really sluggish FTP/TELNET performance. The
- > modem AND software are configured for hard flow control.
- >
- > I was told that Win95 works because the device driver hides
- > the problem in software.
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- Sportster 28.8 modems are not Rockwell based.
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- Check my modem page for info about spiraling death and
- other info.
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- Curt...
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