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Article #2775Re: Is UUNET going to upgrade?
From: Jiro Nakamura
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1991 14:28
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1991 14:28
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In article <1991Jun26.221821.134@cmkrnl.uucp> jeh@cmkrnl.uucp writes:
> Now for a HELPFUL suggestion! I am not a uunet subscriber, but last night I
> needed to download many things from them via their 900 number. During the
> first long transfer I noticed the PEP light on my modem blinking. This is
> evidence of a PEP "retrain". Naturally, the RD light indicated no data being
> received during this period.
>
> This happened several times, so I killed the call and dug through some old
> saved messages. Someone had said that setting S120=16 might help in cases
> where the modem seemed to be retraining frequently.
Oddly enough, I get this often too. I'm wondering if it's a common problem
with PEP or UUNET or Fall Church, VA's phone lines.
I may try the S120=16 yet (although I would think that it would be
a performance loss during the login sequence and the inter-file handshaking).
- jiro nakamura
jiro@shaman.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!olivea!uunet!shaman!jiro From: jiro@shaman.com (Jiro Nakamura) Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: Is UUNET going to upgrade? Message-ID: <1991Jun28.142833.3158@shaman.com> Date: 28 Jun 91 14:28:33 GMT References: <1991Jun26.221821.134@cmkrnl.uucp> Sender: jiro@shaman.com (Jiro Nakamura) Organization: Shaman Consulting Lines: 22