> Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 13:56:55 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Theo Van Dyne <theo@livingston.com>
> To: dwarren@alpha.NetUSA.Net
> Cc: theo@livingston.com, rich@transport.com,
> portmaster-users@livingston.com
> Subject: Re: Sz and rz problem
>
> Our customer Douglas Warren says:
> >
> > On Mon, 14 Jul 1997, Theo Van Dyne wrote:
> > > Our customer Douglas Warren says:
> > > > On Mon, 14 Jul 1997, Rich Burroughs wrote:
> > > > > We have several PM3s running ComOS 3.5.1b19 and fed by channelized T1s.
> > > > > This seems to work fine for most things, but I have a co-located client
> > > > > who is having a weird problem.
> > > > > They have a custom client/server app. The end user dials into the PM3
> > > > > and is telnetted to the co-located server and logged in. The server
> > > > > does an rz and gets some info from the client end of the app, then does
> > > > > an sz to send some back.
> > > Here's a post to the list from 12/94 on using sz/rz with the opion "-e"
> > > for escaping control characters. Don't know if there's new problem with
> > > though with ComOS 3.5, but doubt it as haven't heard anything the past 8
> > > months. See if this works for you. Also be sure to use sz/rz from our ftp
> > > site:
> > > ftp://ftp.livingston.com/pub/src/sz.tar.Z - the best version of rz/sz we
> > > know of.
> >
> > Preliminary tests indicate that this did indeed fix it, however there may
> > be still something to look into, Mr. Burroughs indicates that the Co-lo
> > is indeed running Linux, and I can testify that until we upgraded to 3.5
> > (We were on 3.3.1 previously) the stock rz/sz worked fine. I'm wondering
> > if there was some change in the port handling that could crop up in other
> > places? (Again, so far it is only with a modem dialing into a PM running
> > 3.5, and then rlogin-ing into a box running linux (2.0.30 seems to be a
> > common denominator here as well) and then running sz.) Regardless though
> > the sz that is on the livingston site seems to be working for us, and I'll
> > let you know if it isn't.
>
> Thanks for the feedback. Looks like the common denominator *is* rlogin,
> and the colleagues here say rlogin is the unkown here re: 8-bit clean
> using -8 & -E options. They suggest going back to telnet service that has
> always worked flawlessly the past 2-3 years.
>
> Keep us posted otherwise.
>
> >
> > ---
> > |Douglas ``Wildcat'' Warren |Email: dwarren@netusa.net| Jura gur tbireazrag
> > |Network/Security Consultant|Phone: (516) 543-0234 | bhgynjf Pelcgbtencul,
> > |President of SBCS a chapter| Fax: (516) 543-0274 | bayl pevzvanyf jvyy
> > |of the ACM. | PGP: finger dwarren | unir cevinpl
> >
> >
>
> Theo Van Dyne Livingston Enterprises Inc. Phone: (800) 458-9966
> Network Drano 4464 Willow Road Fax: (510) 737-2110
> support@livingston.com Pleasanton, CA 94588 http://www.livingston.com
>
>
>
> >
> > ---
> > |Douglas ``Wildcat'' Warren |Email: dwarren@netusa.net| Jura gur tbireazrag
> > |Network/Security Consultant|Phone: (516) 543-0234 | bhgynjf Pelcgbtencul,
> > |President of SBCS a chapter| Fax: (516) 543-0274 | bayl pevzvanyf jvyy
> > |of the ACM. | PGP: finger dwarren | unir cevinpl
> >
> >
>
> Theo Van Dyne Livingston Enterprises Inc. Phone: (800) 458-9966
> Network Drano 4464 Willow Road Fax: (510) 737-2110
> support@livingston.com Pleasanton, CA 94588 http://www.livingston.com
>
>
>
> >
> > ---
> > |Douglas ``Wildcat'' Warren |Email: dwarren@netusa.net| Jura gur tbireazrag
> > |Network/Security Consultant|Phone: (516) 543-0234 | bhgynjf Pelcgbtencul,
> > |President of SBCS a chapter| Fax: (516) 543-0274 | bayl pevzvanyf jvyy
> > |of the ACM. | PGP: finger dwarren | unir cevinpl
> >
> >
>
> Theo Van Dyne Livingston Enterprises Inc. Phone: (800) 458-9966
> Network Drano 4464 Willow Road Fax: (510) 737-2110
> support@livingston.com Pleasanton, CA 94588 http://www.livingston.com
>
>
>
Today we tried it using this line
sz -bkw 1024 <filename.ext>
I downloaded a 2.9 MegaByte in 15 minutes.
The cpb/bps (whichever your displays) stayed pretty constant
throughout the entire download.
I think the -k may be useless, but it is working.
Just my $0.02 in the pot
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