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From: eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Tuning slip on a T2500/NextStation
Message-ID: <1742@toaster.SFSU.EDU>
Date: 17 Jun 91 04:13:09 GMT
References: <456@nic.cerf.net> <1991Jun16.184117.26803@ni.umd.edu>
Reply-To: eps@cs.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott)
Organization: San Francisco State University
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In article <1991Jun16.184117.26803@ni.umd.edu>
	louie@sayshell.umd.edu (Louis A. Mamakos) writes:
>In article <456@nic.cerf.net> benseb@grumpy.sdsc.edu (Booker Bense) writes:
>>- Well, I've been banging on a version of slip for the NeXT for about
>>a month. The connection is t2500 to t2500 and I generally run it in 
>>pep mode. 
>
>This [pep] is probably the problem.  A PEP is not a full duplex; it
>has to turn the line around and this takes time.

Unless the acknowledgements are small enough to fit into "micro
packets"--SLIP's don't.  CSLIP's *do* (usually).

>Try a pair of V.32 modems if you can, and see if that makes a difference.

2500s support V.32 as well.

>>             ( I know I shoud be using cslip or PPP but it's not an
>>option at this point. ) 
>
>I'm working on it! :-)

That's what we wanted to hear!  :-)

Please, please, please contribute your work back to BBN/CREN.
Many people will be much appreciative (and you won't have to
work so hard tracking releases).

					-=EPS=-