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- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Path: FreeNet.Carleton.CA!an171
- From: an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Anthony Hill)
- Subject: Re: Switching to MNP from V.42 allows modem to stay online?
- Message-ID: <DLo1oE.Gxo@freenet.carleton.ca>
- Sender: an171@freenet2.carleton.ca (Anthony Hill)
- Reply-To: an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Anthony Hill)
- Organization: The National Capital FreeNet
- References: <310574d9.15312956@uchinews.uchicago.edu>
- Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 03:29:02 GMT
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- Dana Akanova (dkakanov@midway.uchicago.edu) writes:
- > Hello. I have a question for those out there who are knowledgeable.
- > I have a Penril Alliance V.34bis modem, and the problem I have been
- > having is that this modem keeps disconnecting despite it being
- > advertised as being able to handle all kind of noise.
- >
- > Anyways, I usually connect to Univ. of Chicago's modem pool for ISP
- > service. I don't know what kind of modems they use, but I know I have
- > had problems with them before when using SupraFAX 28.8 modems,
- > Practical Peripherals PC288LCD, and Microcom Desporte Fast+ (lots of
- > disconnect problems with all).
- >
- > Well, I remembered somewhere that some Rockwell chipset based modems
- > had V.42 or V.42bis problems. So in case my university is using a
- > Rockwell based modem, I tried limiting the Penril to use only MNP4.
- > And guess what, I've been able to stay online now for >2 hours w/o a
- > disconnect and still going.
- >
- > My question is, could this V.42 problem be what was causing the Penril
- > and all the other modems I tried to keep disconnecting?
-
- It's certainly possible. There's one way to find out. Try a
- LAP-M (v.42) connection again, and when it disconnects, check the
- disconnect reason from teh modem (it must be listed in there somewhere),
- and compare that to what your manual says about that reason.
-
- Anthony
-
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- Anthony Hill | an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA
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