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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!classic.iinet.com.au!news.uoknor.edu!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!gatech!purdue!news.bu.edu!engc!tom From: tom@engc.bu.edu (Thomas P. Skinner) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Serial Port Recommendation Date: 19 May 1995 15:34:45 GMT Organization: Boston University Lines: 22 Message-ID: <3pidql$a0m@news.bu.edu> References: <3p1319$dne@sashimi.wwa.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: engc.bu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL0] I am running a 28.8 internal modem which has a 16550. I do get silo overflows (doesn't appear to be a major problem though). I am running CSLIP on a dedicated Internet connection. I am using a US Robotics Sportster card. Andrew H. Marrinson (ahm@sashimi.wwa.com) wrote: : I am considering purchasing a 28.8 modem. Currently I am using a 16550 : UART with my 14.4 modem (talking to the modem at 38.4K) and getting : occassional silo overflows with ppp. Since I'll probably want to run the : 28.8 modem at least 56K, I'm wondering what I can do to prevent silo : overflows. : Should I change the FIFO trigger level of my 16550? (I'm not clear on : whether you can do that.) What serial card are people out there using : with high-speed modems? Looking through the documentation on the various : supported cards (I'm running 2.0) I was disappointed to see that most of : them topped out at 38.4K. : Andrew H. Marrinson : (ahm@wwa.com)