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- From: bob@snuffy.dracut.ma.us (Bob Smith)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc
- Subject: Re: How to increase transfer speed in Kermit
- Message-ID: <1992Jul28.022121.2285@snuffy.dracut.ma.us>
- Date: 28 Jul 92 02:21:21 GMT
- References: <25JUL199219273587@oregon.uoregon.edu>
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- ccyang@oregon.uoregon.edu (Chun-Ching Yang) writes:
-
- >I just bought a 14,400 Modem. However, after trying to download the data from
- >the VAX in the university, I found the download speed from the mainframe to my
- >Mac was slow. The transfering speed was about 560 byts in each TWO seconds. If
- >the high speed modem worked fine, then the transfer speed should be about
- >1,440 in ONE second. (Is that right?)
- >I have check the VAX and the modem there is 14,400. I don't expect that the
- >speed can reach 1440 in a second but the speed I got was so slow. How come?
-
- >Can anyone help me solve this problem?
-
- The problem is kermit. I'm not versed in the specifics of the problem,
- but something to do with kermits smallish packet size. I vaguely remember
- someone trying to set a larger packet size with some success, but not all
- kermits allow that... My suggestion would be to use something else...
- if it's available...
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