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A group of computers linked together via a high speed local network. The performance of such a supercluster compares with the performance of a supercomputer.
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Supercluster - Charlie Sorsby wrote: I'm getting ready for some travel so may not be able to keep up with the news group. I'll sincerely appreciate if any responses can either be e-mailed to crs@swcp.com or, at least, Cc:ed to that address if the reply is thought to be of general interest. As you will see, I'm no modem expert. :( I recently purchased a USR5686E 56K Faxmodem, v.92 because my aging 28.8K modem is showing signs of impending death. This modem has never, to my knowledge, connected at greater speed than 26.4Kbps--nor did I expect it to. to my knowledge, no modem ever has via my phone line. That is not my question. My question has to do with how long it takes this modem to connect. Well, perhaps "connect" is the wrong word--perhaps I should have said "negotiate." Here's what happens: When it dials out, in short order, modem carrier is heard. This continues for nearly a minute with various bongs and beeps before it is satisfied and allows ppp to log on. At first, I had trouble getting an actual working connection to my ISP until I remembered the ppp timeout that I'd set at 40 seconds. Once I increased that to 90 seconds--I could possibly use less--I was able to achieve working connection. By various kludges, I've managed to delay things long enough to wait for the working connection but it's annoying, especially, when I'm waiting to, say, run a web browser or some other interactive task. I'm running user ppp Version 2.24 on my freeBSD 3.4 machine. I've already mentioned that I'm way-inexpert about modems but one possibility occurred to me: Can it be that the modem is trying to connect first at 56K and then stepping down, one speed at a time until it reaches a workable speed? I am, of course, open to other suggestions. Anyways: Thinking that, I did try using at&u1&n14 in the hope of bracketing the speeds to something reasonable for my phone line but couldn't get the system to work at all that way--don't know why. As I understood the meagre documentation, while setting &n *alone* means that the modem will hang up if it can't connect at *that* speed, setting both, sets a floor and a ceiling between which it should try to connect. Perhaps I'm misunderstanding that. Anyways, I shall sincerely appreciate if anyone can suggest a way to get the modem to reach an acceptable (to it) connection more quickly. I don't mind it it is at 28.8K levels--e.g. the 26.4K maximum that I've experienced with all modems that I've tried on this phone line. I'd just like for it to jump to that speed and get on with things. Please let me know if I can clarify anything. The model number quoted above came from the sticker on the bottom of the modem. Thanks and kindest regards, CharlieTry adding S32=226 in your DUN Configuration Extra Settings box. Thatwill disable V.92 and V.90 and let you connect at V.34 speeds, withoutgoing through all the handshaking at the higher speeds. Also in your DUNconfiguration, Server Types tab, uncheck "Log on to Network" if you haveit checked now. Be sure to "OK" back out, so the new settings will besaved. Good luck.--Art Jackson W4TOY Owensboro, KY USALife is God's open book test. In order to pass,you must open His book to find the answers.
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