See below ... :-)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bernie [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, 11 August 2000 19:29
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Comm's performance & FIFO settings & epppd(d)
>
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> > OK ... provided the "pppd.cfg" file is still supported ... (I found
> >this file
> > was the easiest way to try different options :-).
>
> There will be one Arachne version and one normal version, the "Arachne
> version" will use pppdrc.cfg
>
[da Silva, Joe]
Hmmm. If there are to be _any_ user-selectable options for "apppd"
(I just made up a name here ;-), how will the user select them
without
a "pppd.cfg" file (Arachne writes "pppdrc.cfg" itself, so the user
can't
add options to "pppdrc.cfg" ...)?
> > Sometimes it takes me up to 8 minutes to load a 20-25K web page from
> > the ISP (38400bps). With the FIFO change, it just takes a few
> >seconds!!!
>
> Ok, I'll see what I can do about letting the user configure it (or is this
> located in miniterm?)
>
[da Silva, Joe]
Good question. However, the "pppd" documentation says that it
sets the FIFO trigger level to 8, so I guess that's where it's done
(any setting by "miniterm" would get over-written by "pppd" ...).
Best regards,
Joe.
PS. BTW, the FIFO trigger level of 8 is theoretically optimal
(for reasons which should be obvious). Unfortunately, it is
problematic with Arachne when there is a fast response from
the host. I suspect interrupts are being disabled for 2-3ms
(or perhaps 2-3ms longer than they should be), with the
result that the effective depth of the FIFO (8 bytes) is not
sufficient ...
