From: byron@cc.gatech.edu (Byron A Jeff) Subject: Re: 57600 baud on Linux??? Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1993 14:55:48 GMT
In article <CBJpEr.L30@acsu.buffalo.edu>,
The Cybard <dudek@acsu.buffalo.edu> wrote:
>I have a 14.4k modem, and in MS-Windoze I can use the modem with
>compression to acheive 57600 baud transfer rates. Why is it that the
>fastest I can go in Linux is 38400? Both seyon and kermit have this limit.
>Is this a problem with Linux, or the communication software that runs under
>it? Will there be a version of kermit that will be able to handle 57600
>baud?
This should be in the FAQ folks!
38400 is the highest standard baud rate that most Unix machines go to. The
baud rates are hard coded. Linux rather elegant solution is to allow the
use to swap out the 38400 baud rate with a high baud rate. The setserial
program found on the nearest Linux archive site allow you swap 38400 for
57600, 115200, or in fact any other baud rate you like. The process:
1) Get setserial
2) Use setserial to set your baud rate to 57600, 115200, whatever
3) Go into your serial comm program (kermit, seyon, minicom)
4) Set the baudrate to 38400
5) Voila. The 38400 is swapped out for the higher rate.
Later,
BAJ
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