Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!wuarchive!udel!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!o.gp.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!dd26+ From: dd26+@andrew.cmu.edu (Douglas F. DeJulio) Newsgroups: comp.sys.att Subject: PC6300 w/ 8530 chip? Message-ID: Date: 12 Dec 90 17:48:03 GMT Organization: Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 15 I've got an AT&T PC6300 with an NI5010 ethernet card in it. I want to make this PC into a router for my house, routing between our ethernet and our SLIP connection (I'm using the ka9q software). I can get SLIP working at 9600 baud, but our line can go to 19.2kbaud. The PC drops too many characters at 19.2kbaud, and none of the packets get through (except for ICMP echo packets). I've noticed that one of the dipswitches selects between a 8250 and an 8530 as the chip driving the serial port (I'd have to get and install the chip, I guess, but the ROMs support it). Can anyone out there tell me if I'd get improved performance with the 8530 chip? What capabilities would this chip give me? -- Doug DeJulio dd26@andrew.cmu.edu