Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 17:25:15 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: "James A. Mutter" <jmutter@insomnia.norden1.com> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, Travis Mikalson <bofh@terranova.net>, Craig Wilson <craig@natsoft.com.au>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: USER PPP Slowness Message-ID: <199804030125.RAA05178@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 02 Apr 1998 20:14:19 EST." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980402201310.3459A-100000@insomnia.norden1.com>
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> > > Actually I have yet to see a v.34(+) modem that wouldn't train back up. > > > USR Sportsters, Supras, Cardinals.. under $70 28.8/33.6 no-name > > > modems.. > > > > None of them train back up. Read the documentation again. That's one > > of the big selling features of the 'higher-end' modems, since almost all > > low-end modems could easily do that. > > > > > I don't think that's true anymore. I believe that they fixed that problem > ( not training back up ) years ago. My $65.00 33.6 does a fine job, it > goes down, it goes up, no problems at all. I've also observed generic Rockwell-based modems 'falling forward'. 99% of the no-name modems out there are a relayout of the Rockwell evaluation kit to suit the desired case shape and manufacturing cost, with nominal or no changes to the sample firmware. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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