Anyway, I completely agree about the LT Win modems. But, Craig mentioned
that they don't renegotiate. Something strange. I have a friend who
connects to us at 49,333 every time. But sometimes his connection will
drop from 49,333 to 28.800, and yet, the PM3 doesn't show that a retrain
or renegotiation has taken place. So you might question whether some
negotiation has been happening and you just can't see it. Had a guy
getting 50K but he said he was getting disconnected, so I dropped him to
48K, and everything's great; but at 50K I wasn't showing him negotiating
either.
Brad
On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, Craig Baird wrote:
> <Chime> :-)
>
> I've been getting LTWinmodems made by Paradise Multimedia Products
> (www.paradisemmp.com). I get them from Tech Data at about $30 each.
> However, I've heard that there are cheaper ones out there, so you might
> want to look around. One nice thing about the LTWinmodems is that it
> doesn't seem to matter what the brandname is, or even if there is no
> brandname. Lucent always has the latest generic drivers on their
> website, and these drivers have worked great for every LT that I've come
> across. From everything I've been able to gather, an LT is an LT is an
> LT, and they all use the same driver no matter who the manufacturer is.
> Now this may not be entirely correct, but I think it is for the most
> part. This is a great thing considering that many other chipset makers
> simply pass the buck to the modem manufacturers. PC-Tel and Cirrus
> Logic are two prime examples... if you don't know who made the modem,
> you're pretty much out of luck getting driver updates because the
> chipset manufacturers won't put out a generic driver. The LTWinmodems
> work beautifully for us. They're inexpensive, and we can always get the
> latest driver. We've been using these to replace customer modems that
> don't work. I've seen our fastest connect speeds (53,333 with no
> retrains/renegs) from LTWinmodems. Incidentally, there have been some
> people complain on the list that they have trouble with LTs on poor
> phone lines. However, I have a terrible phone line at home that will
> only do 28.8 max with any modem (and it's not even behind a SLC), and
> have never had a problem with my LT, so YMMV.
>
> I'll second Peter's recommendation of the Zoom. However, make sure that
> the one you get is the 2949L. I think the L indicates that it has a
> Lucent Venus chipset--the same chipset that's in the PM3. These work
> very well, but older 2949 models had Rockwell chipsets, and didn't work
> quite so well, so be sure to get the Lucent chip'd model. There may
> also be other models that have the Lucent chipset, and they'll probably
> work well too.
>
> Also, we've had decent luck with non-winmodem USR sportsters. They tend
> to be a little over-aggressive on connect, and sometimes need a speed
> limiting init string, but they're pretty solid once you've got them
> running at a maintainable speed. Also, there is an Archtek Smartlink
> modem that is a USR clone (same TI chipset). These seem to work as well
> as the USR's except they don't cost nearly as much. I think these are
> about the least expensive non-softmodem that I've seen. I think they
> run about $50 or so. From what I've seen, they do tend to suffer from
> the same overly aggressive behavior as the USR's. They tend to connect
> a couple of notches higher than they should. Speed limiting init
> strings are the key here.
>
> One thing to remember is that simply because it has a DSP and a
> controller does not mean that it's a good modem. Cirrus Logic chipset
> modems are the prime example of this. AVOID THESE LIKE THE PLAGUE!!!!
>
> Anyway, hope this helps!
>
> Craig
> Xpressweb Internet Services
> bairdc@xpressweb.com
> http://www.xpressweb.com
>
>
> > Did you try at+a8e=,,,0 in the extra settings?
> >
> > This will disable V.8bis on the client and allow a V.90 connection
> > instead of the modem picking Flex for HSP/PCTel modems.
> >
> > If you still have problems:
> >
> > for a direct replacement, I would recommend a LTWinmodem.
> >
> > Hopefully Craig will chime in with a brand name, but I know
> > that the Jaton WINMOD line is based on LTWinmodem.
> >
> > For an external modem, I would recommend Zoom.
> >
> > - Peter
> >
> > mick wrote:
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