Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 16:00:06 -0800 (PST) From: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> To: Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> Cc: Ion Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@go.ro>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: USR 56k Profesional Message Modem Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911171537011.85433-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> In-Reply-To: <383315ED.93822348@3-cities.com>
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On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Kent Stewart wrote:
> Annelise Anderson wrote:
> >
> > This interests me quite a lot, because I have external 56K Sportster
> > Robotics modems at home and at the office (on a regular phone
> > line); I can dial out just fine and make connections, but I can't
> > get the modem at the office to answer and establish a connection
> > at better than 9600. This is v.90; maybe I should turn that off?
>
> The v.90 should be a choice. For example, I occasionally get 28.8kb
> and I know I have a bad line but the handshaking also has a different
> tone and I was told that was leaving v.90.
>
> Your two user modems should not be able to connect are more than 33.6
> because each considers the other an upload and settle for 33.6 kb max.
> The modems that support 53kb are different from the ones a user can
> purchase.
>
> I don't have any idea why they wouldn't connect at 33.6kb other than a
> mismatch or line quality between them. That is terrible and I would
> expect a configuration problem. They are supposed to argue until they
> come up with something they both support. In your case, it is 9.6 kb
>
> You can set them up to tell what the connection is and I would log
> that and see if it provides any clues.
>
> Kent
The problem is that unless I have std.9600 in /etc/ttys, I can't
connect at all; I either get continual garbage on the screen or a
login that responds but doesn't allow the ppp (or pppd) connection
to come up. These failure don't log. For a while I had some sort
of a rotary thing set up in gettytab, but this doesn't work either.
Annelise
> >
> > On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Kent Stewart wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Ion Mihai Tetcu wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > Could someone provide me with some info about this type of
> > > > modem ? (If possible also a web resource and/or some tehnical
> > > > book, as my boss is a little bit untrustfull).
> > > >
> > > > I`m having a debate with my boss: he tella me it is not a good
> > > > modem becouse "it doesn`t look like" the one he saw at our ISP.
> > > > I need to demostrate him that it is a good modem for a dial up
> > > > connection over a analog line and also for a dedicated analog line,
> > > > and that it is capable to "understand" GOOD with the Sportser and
> > > > Courier modems our provider has.
> > > > It undestands the V.90, x2, V.34, V.42/MNP 2-4, V.42 bis/MNP 5
> > > > standards.
> > >
> > > You can get the information from 3Com's web site at
> > > http://www.3com.com/client/pcd/products/prod-56k.html. I am with your
> > > boss because I can't see using a voice modem, which needs additional
> > > system capability to be functional, on a computer dial up line. I
> > > equate adding a voice and Pro modem on to a FreeBSD system with more
> > > cost and no additional functionality to the dial out capabilities of
> > > your system.
> > >
> > > I have also found that USR modems (Sportster's, Courier's, and etc)
> > > talk to each other just fine. An external voice modem isn't going to
> > > look like a rackmount modem, which your ISP probably has.
> > >
> > > Kent
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Many thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Ionut
> > > >
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