New USR 33.6 Modems and Livingston

Brandon Miller (Brandon@gate1.tomatoweb.com)
Wed, 21 May 1997 09:10:04 +0000

I just got off the phone with a senior tech person at USR. I called
them due to my continued troubles with the newer USR 33.6 Sportsters
and Livingston PM2E30s. The tech told me that is was the Livingston
code, which tries to force the incoming modem and the one on the port
to negotiate at the vfc protocol and speed. The newer 33.6 modems do
not have vfc capabilities and they have been working with Livingston
for approx. 4 months on getting the ComOS of the Livingston boxes
changed to have the older 28.8's and the 33.6 codes in them.

This guy may have been full of it, but he sure seemed convincing.

So, I guess it has nothing to do with the different power supplies of
the newer modems. I am not trying to start a war on this channel (please
keep you hate mail of USRs products to yourself), I am just hoping to
get this issue resolved.

thanks,
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