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- From: johnson@tigger.jvnc.net (Steven L. Johnson)
- Subject: Re: external vs internal on 14.4k
- Message-ID: <1992Nov5.200252.25356@tigger.jvnc.net>
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- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 20:02:52 GMT
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- edhall@rand.org (Ed Hall) writes:
-
- >Why don't you enlighten us as to the brand and model of modem you are
- >using? I've seen no such effect with USR Couriers, for example, so I
- >leave V.42bis turned on almost all of the time. It seems quite effective
- >when handling X-over-TPC/IP (since there is a lot of compressable "air" in
- >the X protocol). And, as I've reported before, the USR has one of the
- >lowest latencies around.
-
- I was using Telebit T2500's GF7.00 locked at 19.2K. The effect was not
- major but definitely measurable and reproducable. I've misplaced the
- actual numbers (test was run 2 years ago). But as I remember it was
- much more pronounced on V.32 than V.22bis, and varied according to
- transfer protocol being used.
-
- And since you mention TCP/IP, I left V.42bis on as it seemed that the
- compression of the IP headers versus the additional latency was just
- about a wash (as measured with repetitive ping tests), and the SMTP
- and NNTP data benefitted a lot. FTP transfers of compressed files
- were slightly degraded but not enough for me to drop the link and
- reconfigure. Overall quite effective at compressing data and getting
- out of the way when not needed as compared to MNP5, as you state.
-
- >It is a fact, though, that some modems just don't have enough CPU power
- >to do V.42bis at full speed, or impose a processing delay of some sort.
- >I think you'd be doing the net a service by reporting just who is
- >cutting corners in this way.
-
- The T2500 is an older design. Currently I (personally) use a
- WorldBlazer and haven't run any real tests on it or my previous
- T3000. My understanding is that these newer platform Telebits
- have significantly more grunt power.
-
- -Steve
-