[comp.mail.uucp] uucp transfer problem -- summary

chuck@sage.cgd.ucar.EDU (Chuck D'Ambra) (03/12/91)

Thanks to the people who sent the solution to the uucp transfer problem
I posted about last week -- Kenneth Herron, Chip Rosenthal and Bill Dennen
(Bill - I tried to reply to your mail, but it bounced).

The problem, again, was that the packet transfers failed after a successful
login.  The reason was that I was using xon/xoff flow control on the serial
line between each workstation and its modem.  Switching to rts-cts fixed this
and another problem involving file tranfers with tip/ymodem-g.

Perhaps this is basic knowledge to communications experts, but it isn't
mentioned anywhere in the reams of documentation I read before posting here.

The quick response is especially appreciated.  I logged a service call with
Sun on the 1st, and they have yet to have anyone respond.

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Chuck D'Ambra
National Center for Atmospheric Research
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307-3000

chuck@sage.cgd.ucar.edu