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From: dales@teksce.SCE.TEK.COM (Dale Snell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: UNIX to Amiga file transfers
Keywords: dnet
Message-ID: <4403@teksce.SCE.TEK.COM>
Date: 13 Jun 91 22:11:32 GMT
References: <91162.233810MBS110@psuvm.psu.edu> <22390@cbmvax.commodore.com> <1991Jun13.183104.20510@ucselx.sdsu.edu>
Reply-To: dales@teksce.SCE.TEK.COM (Dale Snell)
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In article <1991Jun13.183104.20510@ucselx.sdsu.edu> 
civir1070@ucsvax.sdsu.edu writes:
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|   Does DNET require a hard-wired connection to work?  Or at least an
|error-free connection?

     No, and no.  DNet works fine with either modems or direct
connections.  I normally use DNet with an older 2400bps modem that
can't do MNP-4 error correction, and it works just fine.  DNet does 
error correction and flow control itself.

|  If DNET works with just a regular modem, what transfer rates are we
|looking at?  Better than z-modem?

     It depends on what you're doing with it.  If you are doing file
transfers only, then it's comparable to ZModem.  If you are doing some
interactive work as well, then the files transfers will slow down.  One
of the very nice things about DNet is that you can get full speed file
transfers in both directions simultaneously, and still be able to do
interactive work in a number of open shell windows.

     Hope this helps answer some of your questions.

                                    --dds

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