Re: (PM) Stac & Windows NT 4.0

Stephen Fisher (lithium@cia-g.com)
Mon, 3 Nov 1997 15:04:24 -0700 (MST)

NT doesn't do STAC compression because of Microsoft being stupid again..
it does some PPP compression they thought up AFAIK.

Win95 does STAC with the "Software compression" option though.. go figure.

- Steve
- Systems Manager
- Community Internet Access, Inc.
- Gallup and Grants, New Mexico

On Mon, 3 Nov 1997, TC Hazzard wrote:

> Hello: I have attempted to get stac compression working over a 56K modem
> connection to a PM3 via Channelized T1. I have turned off modem
> compression and enabled software compression on NT 4.0. And have set
> ports to 'compress on' and compress stac'. When I connect, the port
> active configuration shows VJ-Compression but nothing about stac.
>
> Interface: ptp1 (PPP,Routing,VJ-Comp)
>
> I also log the following message in my modem log:
>
> 11-03-1997 15:52:23.117 - Interpreted response: Informative
> 11-03-1997 15:52:23.117 - Recv: COMPRESSION: NONE
> 11-03-1997 15:52:23.117 - Interpreted response: Informative
> 11-03-1997 15:52:23.117 - Recv: <cr>
> 11-03-1997 15:52:23.117 - Interpreted response: Informative
> 11-03-1997 15:52:23.117 - Recv: <lf>
> 11-03-1997 15:52:23.117 - Interpreted response: Informative
> 11-03-1997 15:52:23.127 - Recv: <cr>
> 11-03-1997 15:52:23.127 - Interpreted response: Informative
> 11-03-1997 15:52:23.127 - Recv: <lf>
> 11-03-1997 15:52:23.127 - Interpreted response: Informative
> 11-03-1997 15:52:23.127 - Recv: CONNECT 46000/ARQ
> 11-03-1997 15:52:23.127 - Interpreted response: Connect
> 11-03-1997 15:52:23.127 - Connection established at 46000bps.
> 11-03-1997 15:52:23.127 - Error-control on.
> 11-03-1997 15:52:23.127 - Data compression off or unknown.
>
> Am I missing something? I welcome your suggestions.
>
> Thanks.
>
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> TC Hazzard
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