Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!ukc!axion!delluk!tim From: tim@dell.co.uk (Tim Wright) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: uucp over v.32 Message-ID: Date: 18 Mar 91 11:38:28 GMT References: <1991Mar12.033518.10492@colnet.uucp> <1991Mar15.073701.10005@hq.demos.su> Sender: usenet@delluk.uucp (Usenet posting login) Organization: Dell Computer Corp., Bracknell, UK Lines: 23 In <1991Mar15.073701.10005@hq.demos.su> dvv@hq.demos.su (Dmitry V. Volodin) writes: >In <1991Mar12.033518.10492@colnet.uucp> res@colnet.uucp (Rob Stampfli) writes: >>A few basic questions about uucp over a v.32 modem: ... >>2. If you are running MNP1-4, is "g" the best protocol to use? If not, what >> is? >IMHO it is not. You'd better use "f" or even "e", providing, of course, >that your modems/drivers treat hardware flow control right. Do NOT use 'e' on serial lines unless your data is not particularly valuable to you. Just because the modems are error-correcting does not mean that you cannot get occasional corruption at the RS-232 interface between the modem and the machine. This might be rare, but it's important if data integrity means anything to you :-) Tim -- Tim Wright, Dell Computer Corp., Bracknell | Domain: tim@dell.co.uk Berkshire, UK, RG12 1RW. Tel: +44-344-860456 | Uucp: ...!ukc!delluk!tim Smoke me a Kipper, I'll be back for breakfast - Red Dwarf