Re: Setting Baud Rate

Gary McKinney (gmckinney@megabits.net)
Tue, 12 Aug 1997 06:24:16 -0400

Interesting ... We have 80 sportster externals connected to PM2E's and all
are running at 115.2k from the PM to the Sportsters. biggest thing was to
configure the Sportster to 115.2k (from the default 57.6k). Had to connect
the Sportster to an external computer (lap-tops are really handy!) then
program the Sportster to fixed serial port rate of 115.2k. Works like a
champ...we've even had one person connect long distance from Utah (another
story -don't ask <wink>) and get 3.4kbyte download speeds through this
setup...

gm..

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> From: Shawn Morris <smorris@midwest.net>
> To: Stephen Fisher <lithium@cia-g.com>
> Cc: Jake Messinger <jake@ams.com>; Gail A. Harless
<gailh@freedom.landoflakes.com>; Portmaster-Users
<portmaster-users@livingston.com>
> Subject: Re: Setting Baud Rate
> Date: Tuesday, August 12, 1997 12:57 AM
>
> This is exactly the same reasons why we are using 38400. Besides, the
> chances of us pushing that fast on the poor excuse for a phone system GTE
> provides in So. Illinois are about nil to zero.
>
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> On Mon, 11 Aug 1997, Stephen Fisher wrote:
>
> >
> > I have about 25 Sportsters. One day I raised the baud rate to 57.6k
and
> > also tried 115.2k and I had ooh.. 5 of them die pretty badly and tons
of
> > them give garbage connecting, I tried all the standard resetting and re
> > setting them up for the new baud rate but nothing helped. In my
> > experience they have to sit at 38.4k.
> >
> > On Mon, 11 Aug 1997, Jake Messinger wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon, 11 Aug 1997, Shawn Morris wrote:
> > >
> > > > Sorry for the confusion I meant that we set the port speed on the
PM2's to
> > > > 38400.
> > >
> > > But why? You are choking your thruput if you limit a 336 modem to
38400.
> >
>