Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!decwrl!qubix!msc From: msc@qubix.UUCP (Mark Callow) Newsgroups: net.followup,net.news Subject: Re: ACU connection timeouts Message-ID: <286@qubix.UUCP> Date: Thu, 2-Jun-83 22:16:38 EDT Article-I.D.: qubix.286 Posted: Thu Jun 2 22:16:38 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 8-Jun-83 12:10:36 EDT References: vortex.49 Lines: 20 I too have noticed systems calling us and not waiting long enough for an answer. I have modified conn.c so that the timeout is calculated based on the length of the number. (10 digits is assumned to be long distance and gets a big timeout.) I then program the dialer with this value (a Hayes Smartmodem 1200) and add 10 secnds and use the new value for the alarm call. I have used timeouts as long as 75 seconds because I was trying to call the East Coast via Sprint/MCI. These calls never worked and I abandoned the attempt. I now use a 50 second timeout on long distance calls via Ma Bell. [The reason Sprint/MCI is NBG (I believe) is because they use half duplex statistical multiplexers in their networks which obviously don't allow full duplex 212a modems to work over the same lines.] Mark Callow