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From: Edouard CORREIA <ded@magic.fr>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: Modem Init String
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 1996 17:35:09 +0000
Organization: Magic OnLine
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Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.93.960801172351.10142G-100000@babel.magic.fr>
References: <Pine.BSI.3.93.960801085010.10142o-100000@babel.magic.fr> <199608011726.NAA06950@jade.emeraldis.com>
Reply-To: Edouard CORREIA <ded@magic.fr>
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To: "David G. Cannon" <david@emeraldis.com>
In-Reply-To: <199608011726.NAA06950@jade.emeraldis.com>
> Date: Thu, 01 Aug 96 17:10:38 GMT
> From: "David G. Cannon" <david@emeraldis.com>
> To: ded@magic.fr
> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
> Subject: Re: Modem Init String
>
> In article <Pine.BSI.3.93.960801085010.10142o-100000@babel.magic.fr>, Edouard CORREIA <ded@magic.fr> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > why should I set speed buffering (lock DTE rate with AT&Q6 on Rockwell
> > chipset-based modems) as specified in the lizard book for dialin connections?
> > I would like to optimize my modem connection by setting AT%C3\N3 (V42 bis &
> > MNP5) to make compression and error correction avalaible but it disable speed
> > buffering (AT&Q5). Does it disturb BSDI?
>
> I'm using "&Q5" rather than "&Q6" even though the manual may suggest "&Q6".
> We've not had any problems at all. The performance seems to be very good.
That's right, it does, but "intr lost" ("output stalled" on BSDI 2.1) appears
sometime (aleatory on 4% of connections) which make my PPP link down (modem
are still connected). I use &Q5 since I enabled V42bis and MNP5 modem
protocols, so I wonder if "intr lost" came from &Q6 not enabled.