Path: utzoo!censor!isgtec!bmw
From: bmw@isgtec.uucp (Bruce M. Walker)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re: telnet over 9600 baud SLIP impressions
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Date: 7 Dec 90 15:23:42 GMT
References: <1990Dec5.195409.1694@yogi.fhhosp.ab.ca>
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In article <1990Dec5.195409.1694@yogi.fhhosp.ab.ca> henry@yogi.fhhosp.ab.ca writes:
> How effective is it to run NCSA telnet over a 9600 baud slip link
> for interactive use (ie editting)?  Is it somewhat like running
> over a 2400 baud modem...better...worse?  I'm more concerned
> about the "feel" of the connection (character echo-back time) than
> burst transfer speed (displaying a whole page).  

(I assume you are referring to a direct-connect, ie not through a modem ...)
The feel at 9600 baud is "sluggish" but useable.  Definitely better
than a 2400 baud modem.

We use scads of 12 MHz PC-XT clones running NCSA/Clarkson Telnet 2.2D
over SLIP links to Sun 4/370's and I have found that I get complaints
from programmers unless I run all the links at 19200 baud.  At that speed
the feel of the link is good, but you still get a couple of brief pauses
(1/10 second or so) as the entire screen is filled.

I expect a big improvement when we switch to Van Jacobson Compressed
SLIP (real soon now :-)

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bmw@isgtec.uucp  [ ..uunet!utai!lsuc!isgtec!bmw ]  Bruce Walker