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- From: fisher@ncselxsi.uucp (Chuck Fisher)
- Subject: Re: Question on modems
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.071258.10273@ncselxsi.uucp>
- Organization: National Computer Systems, San Jose, CA 95131
- References: <1993Jan23.182740.9123@doug.cae.wisc.edu>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 07:12:58 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan23.182740.9123@doug.cae.wisc.edu> jimy@cae.wisc.edu (Jim Yu) writes:
- >I use a 9600 V.42bis/MNP5 GVC modem with White Knight software.
- >
- >When I call another identical GVC modem,
- >I can transfer ASCII files at ~960 char/sec with Z-modem protocol.
-
- Sounds like the DTC to DTE speed is set to 9600bps.
-
- >However, when I call our college's modem, also a 9600bps (unknown
- >brand to me), the same procedure gives me ~1200 char/sec.
-
- The college is probably using 19.2kbps for the DTE/DTC interface.
-
- >Both modems reports "CONNECT 9600T/V42BIS" when connection is established.
- >
- >Does anyone have any idea why one modem performs that much better than
- >the other? In the beginning I thought that the difference was caused by
- >different levels of noise in the line, at different calling times.
- >Today I called both modems, one after the other, and got the results above.
- >
- >My GVC manual says that the T after 9600 refers to a Trelis connection
- >and is the fastest connection supported by that modem. It also says
- >that V.42bis will enable speeds up to 4 times, giving an effective
- >speed of 38400bps.
- >Well, 960 char/sec is just about 9600 bps. Where is the extra speed
- >offered by V.42bis? The file is compressible, as evidenced by the
- >college's modem.
- >It just seems odd to me that the GVC will talk faster with other modems
- >than with one os its own kind.
-
- You have to understand that there are three interfaces here. The
- local DTE/DCE interface (from you Mac to the modem), DCE/DCE interface
- (modem to modem), and remote DTE/DCE interface. Data cannot flow any
- faster than the lowest DTC/DTE interface speed, regardless of any
- compression techniques. Compression occurs before modulation and
- 1200bps sounds about right for V.42bis over a V.32 connection
- (9600bps.) So the answer is check the DTE to DCE interface speeds and
- make sure that they are greater than 9600. I use 38.4kbps for my Mac
- IIci and Telebit WorldBlazer. This gives about 1600bps for binary
- files with a V.32bis connection and V.42bis compression with the
- remote's DTE/DCE set to 19.2kbps.
-
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