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From: jmerrill@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Confusion Reigns)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Mskermit 3.00
Message-ID: <5271@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>
Date: 21 Mar 90 21:00:31 GMT
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In article <1990Mar21.044838.18358@cec1.wustl.edu> sek9424@cec2.wustl.edu (Scott Eric Keller) writes:
>
>	Has anyone experienced any problems using extended packets with 3.00?
>I have tried to receive 2000 byte packets from C-Kermit on the unix box here
>and my end seems to ack mid-packet frequently. The throughput is not what it
>should be either. Smaller packets work fine. Debug output shows that there
>are no nacks or any other glitches. I get the impression that 3.00 may say
>it is wanting to receive 2000 byte packets but only looking for 1000 bytes
>like some of the earlier versions were limited to. Comments?

Your problem is probably that the version of C-Kermit on your UNIX box
doesn't support > 1024 byte packets.  The most recent version I am aware of
is 4F(095), the 31 Aug 89 version, and it has a 1K maximum packetsize...

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