(PM) Port Speeds (fwd)

MegaZone (megazone@livingston.com)
Tue, 6 Jan 1998 22:13:06 -0800 (PST)

Once upon a time Jason Hatch shaped the electrons to say...
>ISPorte modems. I do not believe we are using hardware compression on the
>modems. Would there be an advantage in stability and/or performance if I

I'd be *shocked* if you aren't running compression. Turning compression
off is unheard of, and it is always on by default.

>dropped the speed on all ports to 57600? I ask about stability because I'm
>trying to debug a disconnect during download problem. I ask about

No, reducing the speed isn't likely to help anything.

>running its ports at half the speed, and I remember a debate a while back
>about certain terminal servers not being able to deliver full bandwidth to
>all ports at 115200 (I could be wrong).

You can even (unofficially) run a PMs ports at 230400 with a fair amount
of success. It can handle it.

-MZ

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