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- From: dkw@wolferts.ka.sub.org (Klaus Wolferts)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: err correction protocol--is it working?
- Message-ID: <dkw02545920811204349@wolferts.ka.sub.org>
- Date: 12 Sep 92 10:17:13 GMT
- References: <16416@pitt.UUCP>
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- jonathan@cs.pitt.edu (Jonathan Eunice) writes:
- >
- > Now that I have a modem (Supra) with all the trimmings (V.32bis, V.42,
- > V.42bis, ...) I'm surprised that I'm still getting some errors during
- > Zmodem downloads.
- >
- > I have noisy lines, to say the least. But...I thought the V.42
- > protocol was supposed to notice transmission errors and negotiate for
- > resends. Do I misunderstand its intent/operation?
-
- I have a modem (Digicom Scout Plus) with all the trimmings (V.32bis, V.42,
- V.42bis, ...) too and I still get some errors during Zmodem downloads.
-
- Even on pure local connections I regularly get CRC errors, timeouts
- or bad subpacket errors every other second so that the data rate on
- downloads seldom climbs over 900 cps at 14400 EC, often 700..800 cps.
- The line dont seem noisy, signal strength shows -27...-24 dBm and
- signal quality shows mostly 7 or 6 on a scale of 0...7 (nice feature
- on the Scout Plus).
-
- That means most file transfers need about twice the time to download,
- a factor of 3 is no great improvement over my earlier 2400 (no EC) modem
- when I hoped for a 6 fold improvement.
-
- Or can that be a weakness of my datacom software (Telix 3.12)?
-
- Or the missing 16550? (DTE rate 57600 or 38400, 12 MHz Compaq 286).
-
- Any ideas, what could be wrong?
-
- Klaus
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