>From: <c5666305@comp.polyu.edu.hk>
>Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 19:34:38 +0800 (HKT)

>I recently tried to use kermit to download some files from my
University and found that the transfer rate is very slow.  I had tried
to use the
>
>kermit -s filename -p n -e 1025 -v 6 -i 
>
>at the host machine.
>
>Is there any tricks to increase the trx rate.  If so, please teach
me. Thanks.

The -e option only controls the receive packet length, so it does
nothing when you are sending a file.  You need to ensure that whatever
you are using on your local machine to receive the file is also using
extended packet sizes and multiple windows.
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