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In article <89hfjs$km3$1@samba.rahul.net>, Rahul Dhesi -- a2i support 
<support@rahul.net> wrote:

> In <89f7qu$dn7$1@samba.rahul.net> spp@bob.eecs.berkeley.edu writes:
> 
> >All of this is good advice, but it doesn't explain the problem
> >at hand.  For some reason, with identical settings and a clean
> >connection, the old Oakland number still progresses to a connected
> >state much faster.
> 
> 'Identical settings' is almost certainly the the problem.  The new
> numbers try to negotiate a v.90 connection, and they also try to do
> other things such as give you a list of name servers via PPP.  To
> disable all this extra stuff, you may well need different settings to
> speed up the connection.

Is there a name for "this extra stuff" so that if we have these settings 
in our software, we can turn them off?

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Bob R. Kenyon
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