Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!ping.chi.il.us!gorpong From: gorpong@ping.chi.il.us (Gordon C. Galligher) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems Subject: Hayes Smartmodem 9600 troubles Message-ID: <1991Mar4.025731.21550@ping.chi.il.us> Date: 4 Mar 91 02:57:31 GMT Organization: The 23rd. Century Lines: 28 Please forgive me if this is the wrong newsgroup, and if it is, then just hit 'r' and tell me where the right one is and I will go away. I have been evaluating Hayes Smartmodem 9600 V.42 modems, and have had some interesting results. Going UUCP, the modems connect at 9600, and have their distinctive connect tones, but the best throughput on the line has been 311 characters per second (for a 121 K file). Is there a special UUCP setup that these modems require in order to get speeds comparable of a 9600 modem? I may be wrong, but I was under the impression that 9600 baud means 960 cps. I realize that 960cps is a total dream-world, but I am only getting 1/3 of that, and 2/3 overhead for uucico communication is hardly what I would expect. Next question: Am I correct in thinking that there is no way to get the modem to connect 9600 to anything but another Hayes? How can modem companies get away with this proprietary-ism when so many people are screaming for open systems? We want open systems, but we settle for proprietary connections between them? This is absurd! OK, I did not come here to give speeches, and I apologize for wasting bandwidth. I would, however, appreciate any help, suggestions, whatever, in response to my questions (or even just a pointer to which newsgroup this belongs). Thank you very much for your time. -- Gordon. -- Gordon C. Galligher 9127 Potter Rd. #2E Des Plaines, IL 60016-4881 gorpong@ping.chi.il.us gorpong%ping@uu.psi.com ...!uu.psi.com!ping!gorpong "I know how it works....That's why I don't like it" -- Chip Salzenberg on SCO "UNIX" C2 Security Package