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Date:      Wed, 17 Nov 1999 12:54:05 -0800
From:      Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com>
To:        Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu>
Cc:        Ion Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@go.ro>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: USR 56k Profesional Message Modem
Message-ID:  <383315ED.93822348@3-cities.com>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911171047070.84368-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu>

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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

> 
>         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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> > > NetAdmin & Web Designer
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