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- From: mosemann@unlinfo.unl.edu (Russell Mosemann)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Supra to Supra periodic 5 second pause
- Date: 9 Nov 1992 00:50:06 GMT
- Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln
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- Summary: We are experiencing a Supra-to-Supra periodic 5-second pause
- Keywords: Supra pause
-
- The scenario:
- Private
- ___________ PBX ___________
- Mac SE/30 or VT420 ---| Supra (C) |--------| Supra (H) |----
- ----------- ----------- |
- V
- _____________
- |DECserver 500|
- -------------
- Private ^
- ___________ PBX ___________ |
- Mac Quadra or VT420 --| Supra (C) |--------| Supra (C) |----
- ----------- -----------
-
- Everything uses hardware flow control. The DECserver speed is 38400.
- The VT420's are 38400 and the Macintoshes are 57000. We can connect to
- the terminal server about 1 in every 10 tries. The modems try to
- connect at 14.4 nine of those times and then hang up. The 10th time
- they connect at 9600 with LP and DC. The modems report a line quality
- around 027. Though, the lines sound just fine to the human ear. Signal
- strength is 016. Once we get a connection, the modems stick right in
- there. We are hoping that putting the new H ROM's in each modem will
- remove some of these problems.
- The currently irritating problem is that we experience pauses,
- delays, and jerkiness in the transmission. Amount of data transferred
- does not seem to make a difference. The pauses are intermittent and
- last up to 5 seconds. The status from the DECserver shows that the
- maximum cpu usage is around 10% and there has never been a time when a
- buffer was not available for the user. So, the terminal server is not
- loaded and does not appear to be the problem.
- The modems occassionally display RE (receive error) and TE (transmit
- error), but they don't display it often and they are not displaying these
- messages during the pauses. If one modem is displaying RE, will the other
- modem always be displaying TE and vise versa? Will RE or TE always be
- displayed when an error has been detected and/or a retransmission is taking
- place?
- So, do we just have terrible lines, modem-wise, or is something else
- happening, and how do I correct it?
- --
- Russell
- mosemann@unl.edu
-