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Re: Minicom lag problem
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Statux)
Fri Oct 30 22:58:00 1998
Reply-To: "Statux" <statux@bigfoot.com>
From: "Statux" <statux@bigfoot.com>
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Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 22:55:25 -0500
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That's probably host lag... not you. or just real bad net congestion
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jan Carlson <janc@iname.com>
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Cc: Michael Robinet <michael.robinet@mankato.msus.edu>
Date: Friday, October 30, 1998 10:26 PM
Subject: Re: Minicom lag problem
>Michael Robinet wrote:
>
>> When I run Minicom to dial my ISP the lag is incredible. I'm not
>> talking about just once I connect to my ISP, but from startup to when
>> I close it. It takes about 15 seconds for whatever I type to appear
>> on the screen. This makes entering in my username and password
>> impossible because the server times out before the info is printed.
>> If anyone could tell me where to get the most recent version of
>> minicom or perhaps a possible solution to the problem, it would be
>> greatly appreciated. Or if anyone knows of another program that I
>> could dial in with that would help
>> also.
>> Thanks,
>> Mike
>
>Hmm. Just tried xminicom here, and typed characters come back
>in less than a second. minicom-1.81-4.i386.rpm is what I'm running.
>
>I think you will find the problem is not minicom (or xminicom).
>It is probably the configuration you are using, or there is something
>wrong at your ISP. Make sure nothing else is using your modem or
>serial port - diald, ppp, mgetty, etc.
>
>Here is the simplest program for using the modem, assuming it is on
>COM3:
>
># cu -l /dev/cua2 -s 38400
>
>Type in atdt<phone number><return>
>and you should be talking to your ISP.
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>Jan Carlson
>janc@iname.com Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
>Mailed with Netscape 4.5 on Red Hat Linux 5.1
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