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- From: eric@accessorl.net (Eric Shaw)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Switching to MNP from V.42 allows modem to stay online?
- Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 00:50:21 -0500
- Organization: Access Orlando
- Message-ID: <eric-2501960050210001@sobt.accessorl.net>
- References: <310574d9.15312956@uchinews.uchicago.edu>
- NNTP-Posting-Host: sobt.accessorl.net
-
- In article <310574d9.15312956@uchinews.uchicago.edu>,
- dkakanov@midway.uchicago.edu (Dana Akanova) wrote:
-
- >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?
-
- Doubt it - the SupraFAX and Practical Peripherals you were using are also
- Rockwell based modems, (don't know about the Microcom) so they should be
- compatible.
-