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- From: Ross Ridge <ross@zooid.guild.org>
- Subject: Re: UUCP 'g' vs. MNP & V.42
- Organization: ZOOiD BBS
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 05:21:07 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Jul24.052107.1990@zooid.guild.org>
- References: <1qX7NB1w164w@beltrix.guild.org> <1992Jul20.052318.29102@zooid.guild.org> <1992Jul23.180658.20724@eci386.uucp>
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- peters@beltrix.guild.org (Peter Sleggs) writes:
- >I use USR V32bis for my uucp connections and I have no end of trouble
- >with T2500's that have MNP enabled, but otherwise they work OK. uunet.ca
- >has worldblasers and they seem to work just fine.
-
- Ross Ridge <ross@zooid.guild.org> writes:
- >ZOOiD's T2500 has MNP enabled, at least it should.
-
- woods@eci386.uucp (Greg A. Woods) writes:
- >On the other hand, you do want to *allow* (but not force) MNP for
- >dial-up, in case it's a human, or co-operating protocol like SL/IP.
-
- This is how ZOOiD's T2500 should be setup. Mind you I'm not sure if
- it actually is. All I know is we're not forcing MNP.
-
- >BTW, so far as I know, the V.42bis compression protocol is quite
- >useful in conjunction with UUCP 'g', especially on a modem that does
- >local spoofing of the 'g' protocol (such as the T-2500).
-
- I've seen no benefit from using either v.42 or v.42bis with UUCP.
- The T2500 won't spoof with v.42.
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- Ross Ridge
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