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- From: john.navas@uttsbbs.uucp (John Navas)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: RE: V.42BIS/LAP-M QUESTIO
- Message-ID: <8090.48.uupcb@uttsbbs.uucp>
- Date: 12 Jan 93 08:50:00 GMT
- Distribution: world
- Organization: The Transfer Station BBS, Danville, CA - 510-837-4610/837-5591
- Reply-To: john.navas@uttsbbs.uucp (John Navas)
- Lines: 39
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- oppedahl@panix.com (Carl Oppedahl) writes:
-
- >> How come that I sometimes have to get retries from Z-modem when
- >> using a modem with MNP-5 or V.42bis/LAP-M ? Both include error
- >> correction, and I thought that would ensure that all packages
- >> would be transfered as sent. I also thought that the RE or TE
- >> messages I see on very noisy lines on my Supra V.32bis would mean
- >> that the modems resent the packages.
-
- > Well, imagine a lost bit either (1) between your computer and your
- > modem or (2) at the other end, between their modem and their
- > computer. No amount of v.42 or MNP4 in hardware will fix that. I
- > got two retried zmodem packets the other day downloading from
- > Compuserve. Pretty scary but that's just about the only
- > explanation.
-
- Wow that is pretty scary -- because CompuServe doesn't even support
- Zmodem. <grin>
-
- Seriously -- the most common cause of Zmodem errors on an
- error-correcting link is improper or inadequate flow control at the
- receiver, which results in lost characters due to overrun. Sometimes
- dropping the modem-to-computer speed (e.g., 57600 down to 38400) will
- help; other times a buffered (e.g., 16550) UART may be needed; etc.
-
- BTW, there really isn't any good reason in almost all cases to use a
- port speed higher than 38400 even with a V.32bis modem; in fact,
- if you only transfer compressed (e.g., ZIP or ZOO) files, 19200 is
- usually all you need for maximum performance. The advantage of a
- lower speed is that you reduce the chance of receive overrun.
-
- Best regards,
- John
-
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