[[[ major apologies, joe... i just discovered that this message was locked
and never scanned out... the following is likely already taken care of
since the exchange was back in Aug sometime... ]]]

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 IJ>>> I seem to get crc errors with the OS2 box
 IJ>>> calling via VModem but not my DOS box using COM/IP..

 ml>> i suspect that would have to do with lost or out of
 ml>> order TCP/IP packets... COM/IP may have a bit better
 ml>> "control" over that aspect or it may just not report
 ml>> anything about it... it really isn't a big deal if
 ml>> the file gets thru ;)

 IJ> Nope... the connection usually craps out and leaves a 0 bite
 IJ> file in the inbound directory.

that's wierd... what type of connection do you have to the internet? can
you do a traceroute to that system? if so, how many hops are there? also,
are there any systems showing high (1 second or longer) delays?

i (currently) get 17 hops from here to there...

executing traceroute fidotel.com

 0  h1.117.102.166.ip.alltel.net (166.102.117.1)  274 ms  157 ms 156 ms
 1  h1.117.102.166.ip.alltel.net (166.102.117.1)  164 ms  218 ms 172 ms
 2  h225.117.102.166.ip.alltel.net (166.102.117.225)  149 ms  218 ms  157 ms
 3  h37.20.213.151.ip.alltel.net (151.213.20.37)  156 ms  148 ms 164 ms
 4  h174.20.213.151.ip.alltel.net (151.213.20.174)  149 ms  157 ms  461 ms
 5  h169.33.213.151.ip.alltel.net (151.213.33.169)  156 ms  313 ms  156 ms
 6  12.124.58.177 (12.124.58.177)  156 ms  164 ms  149 ms
 7  gbr6-p80.attga.ip.att.net (12.123.21.78)  156 ms  281 ms  164 ms
 8  tbr1-p013601.attga.ip.att.net (12.122.12.25)  321 ms  149 ms 156 ms
 9  tbr2-cl1.wswdc.ip.att.net (12.122.10.69)  313 ms  164 ms  304 ms
10  gbr6-p40.wswdc.ip.att.net (12.122.11.190)  164 ms  156 ms 156 ms
11  gar2-p370.wswdc.ip.att.net (12.123.9.61)  157 ms  438 ms  312 ms
12  12.124.234.78 (12.124.234.78)  320 ms  273 ms  313 ms
13  nrfkdsrc02-pos0901.rd.hr.cox.net (68.1.0.27)  312 ms  304 ms 219 ms
14  68.10.14.18 (68.10.14.18)  313 ms  290 ms  312 ms
15  68.10.8.234 (68.10.8.234)  188 ms  211 ms  305 ms
16  ocnacmtu02-fex0000.hr.hr.cox.net (68.10.9.115)  1187 ms  313 ms  328 ms
17  wsip-68-106-153-246.hr.hr.cox.net (68.106.153.246)  265 ms 328 ms  297 ms

only one or two of the above approach 1/2 second... but that's from here
and may not be representative of your connection and route to that
system...

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