Re: SUMMARY: Dial in/out on Solaris 2.2

From: Ronald F. Guilmette (rfg@netcom.com)
Date: Tue Jul 20 1993 - 12:53:39 CDT


In article <CA81wK.JuG@twinsun.com> eggert@twinsun.com (Paul Eggert) writes:
>ellis@nova.gmi.edu (R. Stewart Ellis) writes:
>
>>Why stop at 19200?
>
>Because Solaris 2.2 has problems accepting incoming characters over the
>builtin serial ports at higher speeds. Solaris 2.2 may work fine with
>an SBus Serial Parallel Controller, which is what Ellis wrote about.
>But watch out if you're using the builtin serial ports. Even at 19200
>bps I have a few problems with Solaris 2.2 on an ELC's builtin ports;
>at 38400 bps it hangs so often that it's unacceptable. I had no problem
>even at 38400 bps when the ELC was running SunOS 4.1.2.

I was doing UUCP with a Telebit WorldBlazer connected to an ELC at 38.4KB
for awhile and experienced absolutely no problems under either SunOS 4.1.2
*or* Solaris 2.2.

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