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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!warrane.connect.com.au!troll.apana.org.au!rivendell.apana.org.au!not-for-mail From: phil@rivendell.apana.org.au (Phil Homewood) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: FTP slow via SLIP (28.8)? Date: 2 Nov 1994 19:23:04 +1000 Organization: Rivendell - APANA Brisbane. Lines: 24 Message-ID: <397lpo$jnq@rivendell.apana.org.au> References: <386fi9$t1@blackice.winternet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: rivendell.apana.org.au X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] John Boggs (robigo@icicle.winternet.com) wrote: : I've got a brand spanking new SLIP account up and running, and today I'm : ftping my first big file (pine). Well, the ftp is going about the speed : of my old 9600 modem using sz/rz (or slower). Is this because I've got : flow control completely off? Or is SLIP inherently slow? Or is *ftp* : inherently slow? I'm really surprised. : I'm using a 28.8 modem, hooked up to same (both USR). : slattach -a -s 115200 /dev/cua00 : Any ideas? Do I just have to live with it (or go back to sz)? Egad! Turn some flow control on there!! slattach -a -h -s 115200 /dev/cua00 And turn on cts/rts flow control on the modem. (often AT&K3). What sort of UARTs do you have on your serial card? 16550s? Phil. -- Phil Homewood phil@rivendell.apana.org.au APANA Brisbane Regional Co-Ordinator brisbane@apana.org.au "Goodbye Mary, goodbye Jane, will we ever meet again?"