Re: lockable DTE speed modems

Jay Hennigan (jay@west.net)
Tue, 5 Sep 1995 23:00:42 -0700 (PDT)

On Tue, 5 Sep 1995 roseku@wave.net wrote:

> Hi, I have a question about which modems allow a lockable DTE rate (which
> is supposedly required by the Livingston Portmasters) other than US
> Robotics? Also, does anybody know if there is any way to get around the
> locable DTE rate required by the Livingstons?

By default, most modems lock DTE at the last speed at which they received
a command from the DTE, if speed-buffering is enabled on the modem.

So, if you program the portmaster to re-init the modem, it should stay
put at the speed the Portmaster used to init it. Note the keyword "should".

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