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- From: plangdon@airmail.net (plangdon)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Modem compression
- Date: 10 Jan 1996 04:53:50 GMT
- Organization: Internet America
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- Thanks for the response. I do have a"cheap" MaxTech 14.4 internal modem.
- I'm using Internet in a box version 2.0 and can't tell if it is RPI
- compatible. Any help..anyone? I've checked all the settings and they
- appear to be correct. The modem works fine, but I'm not getting
- compression v.42bis when I log on and I think I should be. HELP!
- In article <8B88382.005B000B51.uuout@wla.com>, gary.inman@wla.com says...
- >
- >-> I'm having trouble getting compression to work on a MaxTech 14.4
- internal
- >-> modem. I've made all the changes to the initialization string the
- manual
- >-> suggests. It does feature RPI based V.42bis/V.42/MNP2-5. Any help
- would be
- >-> appreciated. Reply here or to plangdon@airmail.net
- >
- >As I understand it, RPI error correction and compression is handled in
- the
- >software.... not the modem. If you are not using RPI software, say
- goodbye to
- >those features.
- >
- >I can't imagine any reason (except it is cheaper) to move these
- functions out
- >of the modem firmware. RPI seems more like RIPoff to me.
- >
- >The only modems that I have seen with RPI were the lowest priced modems.
- I
- >have seen USR's RPI Sportster 14k for $40. No thanks.
- >
- >
- >Gary
-
-