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- From: medin@cincsac.arc.nasa.gov (Milo S. Medin)
- Subject: Re: USR modems..
- Message-ID: <1993Jan10.013404.16691@news.arc.nasa.gov>
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- Organization: NASA Science Internet Project Office
- Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 01:34:04 GMT
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- In article <C0LwJK.C61@news.rn.com>, larry@news.rn.com (Larry Snyder) writes:
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- |> I think both modems are excellent. Neither modems gets my vote for fax.
- |> USR is great for free firmware upgrades for the life of the modem even
- |> if enhancements are included. Telebit offers good support for bug fixes
- |> and system integration. The USR is excellent for real time v.32bis latency
- |> and of course HST support while the WB works just dandy with PEP/TurboPEP
- |> and supports up to 115200 baud.
- |>
- ...
- |> --
- |> Larry Snyder internet: larry@gator.use.co
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- |> keeper of the Gator uucp: uunet!gator!larr
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- Well, we have been having a lot of problems with rack mounted sets of USR
- V.32bis (not DS) modems, hung off off both PBX analog ports and a T1
- channelbank. Things work fine unless you are using V.32 or V.32bis.
- Then you either don't sync up, or frequently get disconnected into a session.
- I should also say these modems work fine when connected to straight
- centrex connected via copper to a CO about 2 miles away. This is even after
- installation of attentuation on the lines, and a lot of level adjusting.
- This has caused us nothing but grief. Our USR sales guy told us that
- "you really shouldn't connect modems directly to a PBX". The USR tech.
- support people have been trying hard, but have not managed to solve or even
- identify the problem.
-
- The Worldblazers work much better over exactly the same configuration
- lines. We replaced a rack of USR's on the west coast with a rack of
- WB's, and life is much better. This is NOT using PEP, but with V.32bis.
- They simply work where the USR's aren't stable.
-
- We're now looking to see about replacing the bank on the east coast with
- WB's too. Any Government organization interested in trading us a rack
- of WB's for USR's??? Oh, the PBX in question here is a Northern Telecom
- SL/100. The NTI folks have been unable to figure out why the USR's have so
- many problem off the directly attached ports when they work fine on PacBell
- centrex lines, even with padding and level adjustment.
-
- We thought we would be better off cabling things this way because we minimized
- the analog loops as much as possible (none on the east coast site at all, since
- it's hung directly off a channelbank), but the USR's don't seem to like this
- configuration at all. Also, since we are using an FTS 2000 800 number service,
- and both sites have FTS 2000 calls routed over dedicated T1's from AT&T, it's
- very difficult just to wire the modems up off of LEC CO's. Both racks are
- wired to Annex III terminal servers on the DTE side.
-
- So, if you are planning on installing modems directly off PBX's or T1
- channelbanks, beware, and make sure you test out whatever modem configuration
- you are planning first. We thought that standards would make this simple,
- and it looks like we were proved wrong.
-
- Thanks,
- Milo
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- PS usual disclaimers apply of course
-