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From: kai@sp1.csrd.uiuc.edu (Kuck And Associates)
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Subject: Re: help with Kermit
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Date: 26 Jul 90 15:04:48 GMT
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epsilon@wet.UUCP (Eric P. Scott) writes:
>(Also, make sure MNP is turned off... MNP and
>transfer protocols have a way of fighting with each other.)

Huh?  You shoudn't turn off MNP, ever (unless you're connecting to non-MNP
modems), and especially when transferring files.  You might want to turn off
MNP compression (so you're using MNP class 4, not 5).

If you're transferring files that are already compressed, MNP class 5 may take
longer than class 4 to transfer a file.

We have also run into occational problems with MNP5 dropping some characters,
but that's almost always due one of the modems being connected to a system that
doesn't support hardware flow control, and can't use XON/XOFF flow control
without conflicts with binary file transfers.  MNP4 has never given us any
problems, with any file transfer protocol (x/y/zmodem, kermit, uucp).

MNP.  Don't dialout from home without it!

	Patrick Wolfe   (pat@kai.com, kailand!pat)
	System Programmer/Operations Manager, Kuck & Associates
	"Any opinions expressed are my own, not my employers's.
	 Please don't call my boss and complain ... again."