Subj : proposed new nodelist [2]
To : mark lewis
From : Neil Walker
Date : Thu Jul 18 2002 04:12 am
Hello mark!
Wednesday July 17 2002 17:21, you wrote to me:
NW>> Considering the nodelist can only contain speeds up to 9600
ml> where do you get that "can only contain" from??
Dunno. ;-) Clearly, I was mistaken.
Looking through the current nodelist suggests that the maority of nodes have
made the same mistake as I did. Try counting the number of entries with "9600"
but also with flags indicating higher capabilities. I wonder how this came
about?
NW>> the other modem flags are far more useful for that.
ml> that's all fine and good... however, if i never want to directly
ml> contact a system that can only do 9600, then i can block that or
ml> whatever...
Not very reliable considering the above. ;-)
NW>> I also need to seperate calls according to the receivers
NW>> capability (ISDN, V34, V32, etc.) and I do it with those
NW>> flags.
ml> show me which of those flags is the one that indicates 9600?
V32.
ml> my POINT in this was to prove to you that the SPEED field ~is~ useful
ml> and not there just for human convienience...
It's not very useful if most nodes have it wrong. :-(
Be lucky,
Neil
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