Hi... And of course 8250 is unspeakable. :)
Actually 115200 should work on plain 16550. Alex On Tue, 21 Jul 1998, Bob Nielsen wrote: > Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 15:12:38 -0700 (MST) > From: Bob Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: PATRICK DAHIROC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Valid Baud Rate Values > Resent-Date: 21 Jul 1998 22:12:46 -0000 > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Resent-cc: recipient list not shown: ; > > On Tue, 21 Jul 1998, PATRICK DAHIROC wrote: > > > hi > > > > i tried downloading hamm files to upgrade from bo. i noticed that the ftp > > connection was very slow and found out that i was connected at 9600. i > > changed the speed to 115200 in the ppp.options file. is 11520 the fastest > > transfer rate that ppp can support or are there greater values? i have a > > 28.8 modem, what would be the optimal value it? exactly what does this > > values signify? > > You want to set the serial port rate somewhat higher than the modem rate, > as compression in the modem will help in many cases. A 16550A UART will > operate fine at 115200. 57600 should be fast enough for a 28800 modem > also. If you have a 16450 UART, you will probably not get better than > 19200 without errors (sometimes even 9600 can give errors with these). > > ---- > Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null