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- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Path: FreeNet.Carleton.CA!an171
- From: an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Anthony Hill)
- Subject: Re: USR 33.6 Halt Problem
- Message-ID: <DM2y3E.6sG@freenet.carleton.ca>
- Sender: an171@freenet2.carleton.ca (Anthony Hill)
- Reply-To: an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Anthony Hill)
- Organization: The National Capital FreeNet
- References: <310EEAE7.77A3@cris.com> <eric-3001962352450001@sobt.accessorl.net>
- Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 04:35:38 GMT
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-
- Eric Shaw (eric@accessorl.net) writes:
- > In article <310EEAE7.77A3@cris.com>, Bob Riffelmacher <rjr@cris.com> wrote:
- >>John Papay wrote:
- >>> My internet provider has announced that they are giving up on
- >>> the Sportster modems with the 33.6 feature because they will halt
- >>> during data transfer and then resume at some point, perhaps 30 seconds
- >>> later. I have experienced this apparent problem with mine, but I am
- >>> not sure if it is modem related or just the slowness of the server/
- >>> internet path. Has anyone experienced these "halts" on their 33.6?
- >>> It does not happen with the older 28.8 Sportsters.
- >
- > Yes, I have seen these halts, and they are as extreme with Couriers as
- > they are with Sportsters. And they *are* worse with the 33.6 firmware, a
- > lot worse (used to be less than a second, now its sometimes 30-45), even
- > when directly connected to each other, so it can't be the lines or the
- > "other modem". Fortunately, they are only this bad if you are using v.34
- > or v.34+. If you turn off v.8 so it uses v.FC instead, the max connect
- > rate will be 28.8, but for the most part it gets rid of the pauses.
- > Depending on how new your USR is, this is generally done with either
- > S54.7=1 or S32.1=0.
-
-
- Hmm, could you try this again, only this time after the connection
- send the modem and ATI6 command to try to figure out just WHY it's
- halting. Also, have you tried any other workarounds? (eg disabling symbol
- rates, using MNP4 instead of LAP-M, etc?).
-
- Anthony
-
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- Anthony Hill | an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA
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