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echo: aust_modem
to: Sidney Chow
from: Robert Gorey
date: 1996-03-07 22:08:20
subject: Definitions!

-=> Quoting Sidney Chow <=-

 PC> -= Pete Replied to Sidney Chow about: Definitions! =-

 PC> G'day Sidney

 SC> First, I don't know what Blers and Link Naks are, and what Line
 SC> Reversals, Link Timeouts...  I know what retraining is though.
 SC> Also, Equalization is Long, but what is Equalization?

 Equalisation only applies to HST.

 PC> Blers  = Block Errors, dud LAP-M or MNP data blocks
 PC> Naks   = Negative acknowledge, not sure?

 Naks indicate the number of times the remote modem requested the
 resend of data blocks.

 PC> Line Reversals = Only applies to HST i think, as HST uses the whole
 PC> line bandwidth for one direction the direction has to
 PC> be reversed to send data the other way.

 SC> P.S. I had Fallback Enabled this time (with a V.FC connect, but
 SC> I remember all the previous connects at 28.8k or 26.4k had
 SC> Fallback Disabled... so does anyone know how to MANUALLY turn
 SC> Fallback ON for

 You don't have to.  It does it automatically where possible. You
 will see the word "enabled" when there has been a fall forward
 speed shift and vice versa.

 PC> I think Fallback Enabled/Disabled is more to do with if the other end
 PC> has it enabled or not.

 See above

 Rob


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