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Date:      Wed, 25 Dec 1996 22:49:25 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Daniel Keller <dkeller@psln.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: questions
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.961225224854.281L-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <199612230713.XAA00058@psln1.psln.com>

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On Sun, 22 Dec 1996, Daniel Keller wrote:

> I have some questions :
> 
> 1. My modem speed is 14400 bps. someone said that because I was probably
> using hardware compression I should set the port speed higher. for the user
> ppp program how high should I set the port speed? How do I enable hardware
> compression?

Use 57600 or 38400.

> 2. when I ftp sometimes the connection is brocken or something else makes
> me terminate the connection, is there any way I can start receving  a file
> where I left off instead of at the start?

ncftp supports this operation.  It's in the ports or package trees.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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